Can reclaimed water be a serious new California water supply?
The 1993 California Water Plan projected water shortages of 117.2--195.7 m{sup 3}/s (3--5 million acre-feet/year-MAF/Y) by year 2000 if no new water facilities were built. The projections were based on an average water year and would be even more dire during California's infamous dry periods. Various estimates of reclaimed water potential have been made since 1993, indicating totals of over 58.7 m{sup 3}/s (1.5 MAF/Y) of potential beneficial reuse of municipal reclaimed water by 2020 (WateReuse Association, California Department of Water Resources, November 1997). This paper examines the potential for reclaimed water to exceed 78.3 m{sup 3}/s (2 MAF/Y) and illustrates the institutional approach needed to finance and build large-scale reclaimed water projects in California in order to accomplish that potential.
- Research Organization:
- Bureau of Reclamation-Lower Colorado Region, Temecula, CA (US)
- OSTI ID:
- 20014881
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 1998 National Conference on Environmental Engineering, Chicago, IL (US), 06/07/1998--06/10/1998; Other Information: PBD: 1998; Related Information: In: Water resources and the urban environment--98, by Wilson, T.E. [ed.], 754 pages.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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