Assistant Administrator and San Diego Mayor Tour Recycled Water Facility Construction
High level officials from the city and federal level took a tour of the construction that is underway for the Pure Water San Diego project. "The phased multiyear program that the city is deploying there with advanced technology to purify recycled water while reducing treated sewage discharge into the ocean by nearly 50%,” said Mayor Todd Gloria. To help pay for it, about $1.2 billion in U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) funding is going to the construction. "Over the next five years, the environmental protection agency is going to be investing $50 billion in water infrastructure projects just like this,” said Radhika Fox, U.S. EPA office of water assistant administrator. Read more. Expert Panel Finds Early Direct Potable Reuse Criteria Adequately Protect Public Health
The California State Water Board Division of Drinking Water has posted the final memo on Expert Panel Preliminary Findings and Recommendations on Draft DPR Criteria. This meets a state water code requirement that an expert panel must review the proposed direct potable reuse criteria and make a finding as to whether they would adequately protect public health. The expert panel found that “the Early Draft of Anticipated Criteria for Direct Potable Reuse dated August 17, 2021, adequately protects public health.” Read more. Recycled Water Project Renamed Pure Water Southern California
Pure Water Southern California, formerly known as the Regional Recycled Water Program, will take cleaned wastewater and further purify it to produce a new, drought-proof source of high-quality water for Southern California. Pure Water Southern California represents a partnership between Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts. “As this project gets closer to becoming a reality, it is time to give it a name that truly characterizes it and the critical role it will play for our people and communities,” Metropolitan General Manager Adel Hagekhalil said. “We have a great partner in Metropolitan and are committed to making this project a reality,” added the Sanitation Districts General Manager Robert C. Ferrante. Read more. San Francisco Releases Guidebook for Onsite Water Treatment Systems
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission recently completed a Guidebook on Commissioning an Onsite Water Treatment System in San Francisco. The guidebook provides information to assist design engineers, treatment system managers, and other stakeholders involved in starting up the operation of an onsite water treatment system. It outlines overall process for commissioning an onsite system, discusses the stakeholder roles, and provides guidance on how to inspect and test each treatment process. The appendix includes inspection checklists that stakeholders can use to prepare the system for successful operation and to comply with the ordinance requirements. Read more. |
