Publication Type
Blog Post
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
8-2015
Abstract
Tucked away in suburban Fountain Valley, California, the Orange County Water District’s Groundwater Replenishment System (GWRS) smells vaguely of chlorine and looks like something imagined by a 1950s sci-fi writer. Sleek, shiny, and minimalist, the wastewater treatment plant feels like somewhere a robot would be very, very comfortable.It’s also a soothing place for another kind of visitor: the Southern California water manager. My fieldwork shows these managers to be a community of expertise that likes recycled water, a steady source of supply they feel confident in their ability to treat, monitor, and deliver. “It’s here and it’s never going away, and yet most of the time we just dump it in the ocean. Reusing it just makes sense,” one 34-year veteran in the field told me with a hint of exasperation at having to state something so glaringly obvious.
Discipline
Environmental Sciences
Research Areas
Integrative Research Areas
Publisher
Elsevier
Citation
RANDLE, Sarah Priscilla.
Seeing California’s water future(s) at Orange County’s Groundwater Replenishment System. (2015).
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cis_research/109
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Additional URL
https://blog.castac.org/2015/08/californias-water-futures/