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History
In January 2004, the Board of Directors approved the SRCSD Water Recycling strategic concepts. These concepts, also known as the Water Recycling Opportunities Study (PDF-10,185K), include a goal (PDF-92K) of increasing recycled water use in the Sacramento Region to 30-40 MGD over the next two decades.
Opportunities
The District is working to meet this goal through the Water Recycling Master Plan by:
- Opening dialogue with stakeholders, such as cities, land use authorities and the water purveyors that serve them, to develop water recycling opportunities within SRCSD’s service area.
- Investigating potential uses of recycled water for traditional landscape uses, such as irrigation of parks, golf courses, recreation fields and, potentially, industrial demands.
- Investigating potential use of recycled water for irrigation of non-food crops. This could include replacing or augmenting use of surface or groundwater for agricultural purposes, such as irrigation of alfalfa and other crops.
- Examining the possibility of installing purple pipes in new developments during construction when recycled water infrastructure (piping, pumping and storage tanks) is the least expensive.
- Determining where the most logical place is to treat and supply communities with recycled water. Treatment could be at the existing SRCSD water recycling plant, a new facility (satellite facility) closer to the user, or possibly both.
The Water Recycling Opportunities Study was completed in February 2007.
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