$427 million Ground Water Replenishment System is approved. (Newscope).(Orange County, California)

National Driller, December, 2002

The Orange County (Calif.) Water District's (OCWD) board of directors has approved a joint development, operation and maintenance agreement with the Orange County Sanitation District (OCSD) for the Ground Water Replenishment System (GWR System).

The GWR System will use highly-treated waste water from OCSD and purify it to better than current drinking water quality through high-tech filtration processes, including reverse osmosis, which is used by many bottled water companies.

For 25 years, OCWD has purified sewer water to drinking water standards for injection into the ground water basin to keep seawater out of the underground drinking water supply. As Orange County continues to use more ground water, the GWR System will expand that process, providing...

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