Tag: wastewater reuse
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Maui Locals: No More Wastewater In The Ocean
Dozens of people waited to testify at a public hearing at Lahaina Civic Center organized by the state Department of Health over its draft pollution discharge permit for the Lahaina wastewater treatment plant. (Paula Dobbyn/Civil Beat) A draft permit would allow the practice to continue of injecting wastewater into the ground close to the ocean.…
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Every last drop: Zero-waste water builds water resilience
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Reusing wastewater could be the solution to Europe’s growing water scarcity problem. The 34 dairy cows chewing the cud on a floating platform in the port of Rotterdam probably aren’t thinking about water scarcity—a major challenge in the world today—but they are participating in a Europe-wide effort to find solutions to this modern-day dilemma.…
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AGU: Many of California’s threatened species live in reused water — for better or worse
Photo: During the dry season, about 90% of the water flowing into the LA River is treated wastewater discharged from wastewater treatment plants. In the parched west, reusing water is a must. But scientists are still working to understand how reused, treated municipal waste water might impact the environments it’s released into. This water can…
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Would You Drink Wastewater? What if It Was Beer?
In an era of drought, turning treated wastewater into drinking water may be the future. Utility companies are working with breweries to get people past the “ick factor.” Epic OneWater Brew looks like your classic hipster craft beer. The can has a sleek design with the silhouette of a city skyline, and it cracks open…
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Harvest Water Program Awarded $277.5 Million in Prop. 1 Funds
Multi-purpose Project Will Use Up to 50,000 Acre-feet of Recycled Water for Irrigation in South Sacramento County PRESS RELEASE Regional San’s new Biological Nutrient Removal facility uses bacteria to remove nearly all the ammonia from wastewater in the Sacramento region. Photo by Regional San. The California Water Commission on Wednesday awarded the Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District…
