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UWM Plan - Municipal Water District of Orange County

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Section 6<br />

Recycled <strong>Water</strong><br />

Table 6-3 below illustrates the current uses for recycled water within MWDOC’s service<br />

area. The usage is limited to landscape irrigation with a secondary and tertiary treatment<br />

level.<br />

Table 6-3: Current Recycled <strong>Water</strong> Uses (AFY)<br />

User Type Treatment Level<br />

Fiscal Year<br />

Ending<br />

2010<br />

Agriculture<br />

Landscape Secondary/Tertiary 39,642<br />

Wildlife Habitat<br />

Wetlands<br />

Industrial<br />

Total 39,642<br />

6.4. Potential Recycled <strong>Water</strong> Uses<br />

Potential recycled water use within MWDOC’s service area hinges upon many variables<br />

including, but not limited to, economics <strong>of</strong> treatment and distribution system extension<br />

(as well as site retr<strong>of</strong>its), water quality, public acceptance, infrastructure requirements,<br />

and reliability. Recycled water quality, in combination with the tolerance <strong>of</strong> landscaping<br />

to high total dissolved solid levels, plays a large role in whether irrigation with recycled<br />

water is feasible. Recycled water that has TDS levels that constantly or occasionally<br />

exceed the tolerance level <strong>of</strong> specific landscape requirements will result in adverse<br />

impacts to the landscape. Therefore, some users are not able to utilize recycled water<br />

unless TDS levels are held below specific plant-based thresholds.<br />

Even with high identified demands, it is not necessarily economically feasible to provide<br />

recycled water to all potential users. Expansion <strong>of</strong> recycled water systems eventually<br />

reaches a point where returns diminish and higher investments for expansion are not cost<br />

effective. <strong>Water</strong> recycling projects involve collecting and treating wastewater to<br />

applicable standards dependent upon the ultimate end use, storing recycled water for<br />

seasonal use, pipeline construction, pump station installation, and plumbing retr<strong>of</strong>its for<br />

existing end users or dual plumbing systems for new users. Creative solutions to secure<br />

funding, overcome regulatory requirements, institutional arrangements, and public<br />

acceptance are required to <strong>of</strong>fset existing potable demands with potential recycled water<br />

demands.<br />

<strong>Municipal</strong> <strong>Water</strong> <strong>District</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Orange</strong> <strong>County</strong><br />

2010 Regional Urban <strong>Water</strong> Management <strong>Plan</strong><br />

Final<br />

6-8

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