LOS ANGELES – (INT) - A project that will make Southern California more resilient to climate change by reusing cleaned wastewater will receive a second infusion of funds.

The US Bureau of Reclamation is awarding a 26-million dollar water recycling grant to Pure Water Southern California, a regional water recycling project being developed by the Metropolitan Water District (MWD).

“This is potentially one of the largest water recycling projects in the world – that will benefit not only the 19 million people of Southern California, but the entire state and Southwest,” said MWD board Chair Adán Ortega, Jr. “It will help lower demands on our imported water sources from the Colorado River and on the Northern Sierra.”

Story Date: November 20, 2024