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FPUD to Lease Indirect Potable Reuse Pilot Treatment Equipment from Intuitech

/in , /by /Village Newsby Joe Naiman

A pilot test will be conducted on the Fallbrook Public Utility District’s planned indirect potable reuse project, and Intuitech will be leasing the pilot treatment equipment to FPUD.

FPUD’s board voted 5-0 Oct. 25 to authorize a $370,450 agreement with Intuitech for the lease of the equipment. The pilot project will determine the best treatment process as well as the feasibility of utilizing reclaimed water to augment groundwater in the Lower Santa Margarita River basin.

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Santa Monica-Based Group Wins Historic Wastewater Recycling Suit

/in , /by /Santa Monica Mirrorby Sam Catanzaro

Every day Hyperion Water Treatment Plant discharges enough treated wastewater into the ocean to fill the Rose Bowl 2.5 times over. Now a court has instructed state water officials to analyze whether it is “wasteful” and “unreasonable” to dump billions of gallons of wastewater into the sea.

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Hollister Water Reclamation Plant Named Best in California

/in , /by /Water Worls

California Water Environment Association names Hollister Water Reclamation Facility Best Small Wastewater Plant for 2019.

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Opinion: Wastewater Treatment Kills Most Pathogens, Including COVID-19 Virus

/in , , /by /PPICby Lori Pottinger

Californians reuse treated wastewater as a water supply, to irrigate crops, and to support freshwater ecosystems. To get answers to questions about managing the new coronavirus in the “sewershed,” we talked to two experts: Kara Nelson, an expert in waterborne pathogens at UC Berkeley; and Adam Link, executive director of the California Association of Sanitation Agencies.

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INSIGHT: EPA Seeks to Expand Federal Role in Water Reuse

/in , /by /Bloomberg Environmentby William M. Alley

The Environmental Protection Agency recently released its National Water Reuse Action Plan to promote more water reuse in the U.S. William M. Alley, director of science and technology for the National Ground Water Association, says the plan focuses on low-hanging fruit and states and associations will likely remain the leaders and innovators in water reuse.

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