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California is Moving Toward Direct Potable Reuse of Purified Wastewater

"On September 8, the State Water Resources Control Board released a long-awaited report on the feasibility of so-called “direct potable reuse.” This means recycling urban sewage flows in a process akin to seawater desalination, then plumbing it directly into a city’s freshwater distribution lines without first storing it in a groundwater aquifer or reservoir (known as indirect potable reuse)." - excerpt from article in Water Deeply. Meanwhile, Orange County's Groundwater Replenishment System has produced 200 billion gallons of high quality drinking water.

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