100% Water Recycling by 2035
Mayor Eric Garcetti has a new goal for Los Angeles: recycling 100 percent of our wastewater. The biggest piece of the puzzle involves upgrading the Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant, the largest such facility in the western United States. How do officials plan to move from recycling less than half of that water to getting back into the cities of Southern California? Are regulations and technologies ready to send recycled water to groundwater recharge facilities to complete the closed loop water cycle? How will the region finance such an ambitious goal? What other projects are coming online to make inroads towards moving toward maximizing our water resources and eliminating ocean discharges?
Moderator:
Shelley Luce, President & CEO, Heal the Bay
Panel:
Jon Liberzon, VP - Business Development, Tomorrow Water (BKT)
Dr. Yasuhiro Matsui, Project Manager, Research & Development, Yokogawa
Gil Crozes, Sr. VP, Carollo Engineers
Rafael Villegas, Program Manager, Operation NEXT, LADWP
Huub Cox, Division Manager Recycled Water, LA Sanitation & Environment