Provides an uninterruptible source of water for seawater intrusion protection and groundwater recharge
Decreases Southern California's dependency on water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta and the Colorado River
Creates a locally-controlled, reliable supply of high-quality water that is drought-resistant
Provides Orange County communities added assurance of sufficient water supplies to support economic vitality
Produces high-quality water to replenish the groundwater basin
Protects Orange County's groundwater basin from seawater intrusion
Serves as a blueprint for water agencies throughout the world to help solve their local water supply issues
Protects the environment by reusing a precious resource
Reduces the amount of wastewater discharged to the Pacific Ocean
Uses less than half the energy required to transport water from Northern to Southern California
Demonstrates a successful partnership between public agencies
Created thousands of jobs from development, construction and operation of the GWRS
Postpones, possibly indefinitely, the need for OCSD to construct a second ocean outfall
Diversifies water supplies in Southern California, minimizing negative impacts resulting from limitations on imported water supplies, natural disasters, climate change, and/or droughts
Designed to be expanded to increase production capacity to help meet future water needs
Improves groundwater quality by reducing the amount of dissolved solids (salt) in the groundwater basin
Uses one-third the energy required to desalinate seawater
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