How Do We Scale-up Recycling in Southern California- Getting to 100% Water Recycling by 2035
Moderator: Brad Coffey, Group Manager, Water Resource Management, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
Panel:
Keith Lilley, Deputy Director, LA County Public Works
Rafael Villegas, Program Manager, Operation Next, LADWP
Timeyin Dafeta, P.E., Executive Plant Manager, Hyperion Treatment Plant, LA Sanitation & Environment
Yasuhiro Matsui, Manager, Innovation Center, Marketing Division, Yokogawa Electric Corporation
Mayor Eric Garcetti water goals for Los Angeles, for example, have long included recycling 100 percent of the City's wastewater. For the city, the biggest piece of the puzzle involves upgrading the Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant, the largest such facility in the western United States. Regionally and statewide, 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?