While San Diego is relying on desalination to turn saltwater into freshwater for a portion of its water needs, the city is also looking at treated wastewater as another water source. Officials say education is key on this issue, as some do not find treated wastewater to be a palatable idea.
As Arizona faces an ongoing mega-drought and a mounting water crisis, leaders are looking for ways to ensure Arizona's water supply.
"That's not an easy process by any means, but it's so critical to have the conversations now and not be waiting a year, two years, five years when you actually need something new, and it can't open overnight. So we need to be thinking about it now," said Michelle Peters with Poseidon, a company that runs the desalination plant in Carlsbad, Calif., which is near Sann Diego.Construction site for a new water treatment plant in San Diego, California.
Educations is also key in this plan, as city officials have taken tens of thousands of residents through a small test area to show them how the water treatment process works. "You can't see the pores," said Dorman. "You can only see them under a really powerful microscope, but its just the water molecule that gets through."
The project's second phase, of which there is no cost estimate yet, the treated water would bypass the lake, and would be sent directly to homes."The cost of our imported water has tripled in the last 20 years, and it's continuing on that trend," said Dorman.
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