Adjacent to the city’s 30 mgd (design) North City Water Reclamation Plant, the 1 mgd Advanced Water Purification (AWP) facility uses a multi-barrier treatment approach: microfiltration/ultrafiltration (MF/UF), reverse osmosis (RO), and ultraviolet (UV) light with hydrogen peroxide. (Photos courtesy of City of San Diego)
The practice of replenishing reservoirs or groundwater basins with highly treated wastewater is not new. Orange County, Calif.; El Paso, Texas; Payson, Ariz.; and Fairfax County, Va., are a few communities that inject advanced treated wastewater (purified water) into aquifers or...
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