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Bilingual Information Now Available
on
Groundwater Replenishment System Web Site
FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif. –
Information about the innovative Groundwater Replenishment (GWR)
System is now offered in Spanish on its Web site.
“We recognize that Spanish is the primary language for a
significant number of Orange County residents,” said Ron
Wildermuth, public information officer for the Orange County Water
District. “The goal of our community outreach for the GWR
System is to communicate the need and benefits of this project
with all residents within the Orange County Water District’s
service area.”
The Web site provides a wealth of information about the project:
+ Water purification technology
+ Safety
+ Cost
+ Timeline for construction
+ Frequently asked questions and answers
+ Project supporters
Once completed, the GWR System will take highly treated sewer
water that is currently released into the ocean, and purify it
through microfiltration, reverse osmosis and ultraviolet light
with hydrogen peroxide advanced oxidation treatment, producing
water similar in quality to bottled water. The purified water
will become part of a seawater barrier and be pumped through a
13-mile pipeline to percolation ponds in Anaheim where it will
seep into deep aquifers and blend with Orange County’s other
sources of groundwater, following the same natural filtering path
rainwater takes through the ground.
For more information on the Groundwater Replenishment System,
visit here....
Orange County Water District is a special
district that was created by the California State Legislature
in 1933 to maintain and manage the groundwater basin under northern
and central Orange County. OCWD’s groundwater basin supplies
75% of the water needs in Anaheim, Buena Park, Costa Mesa, Cypress,
Fountain Valley, Fullerton, Garden Grove, Huntington Beach, Irvine,
La Palma, Los Alamitos, Newport Beach, Orange, Placentia, Santa
Ana, Seal Beach, Stanton, Tustin, Villa Park, Westminster, and
Yorba Linda.
Orange County Sanitation District is the third
largest wastewater treatment system west of the Mississippi River,
serving 2.2 million residents in northern and central Orange County.
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