Regional Brackish Water Reclamation Program
A regional effort to create a new potable water supply and expand groundwater storage capacity through brackish groundwater desalination
WRD's Regional Brackish Water Reclamation Program will create a new drinking water supply in southern Los Angeles County by treating salty groundwater with state-of-the-art technology.
Program Details:
- Collaborative stakeholder approach optimizes the use of available local water resources in the region
- Will provide up to 20,000 acre-feet each year of fresh, drinking-quality water to local water customers (over 18 million gallons each day)
- Removal of salty groundwater will create available groundwater storage capacity for excess local fresh water and recycled water
- Local water providers will be able to store surplus water for use during dry years
Program Benefits:
- Increases local sustainability & resiliency
- Protects groundwater quality for the future
- Helps to alleviate drought impacts
- Assists local agencies in meeting long-term water supply needs
Program Feasibility Study
WRD has recently completed a Feasibility Study and will be moving into the piloting, permitting, and environmental process in late 2021. A copy of the Final Feasibility Study and two follow-up addenda regarding project refinements and a new project site are available for download below.
- Click here to download The Feasibility Study Report
- Click here to download Addendum No. 1, Project Component Refinements
- Click here to download Addendum No. 2, New Desalter Site Assessment
Next Steps for the Regional Brackish Water Reclamation Program:
- RFP's for Piloting and Environmental Review will be released in 2021; for additional info contact Mario Bautista at Mbautista@wrd.org