Los Angeles West Basin Municipal Water District has renewed its contract with United water for the next five years to operate and maintain the Edward C Little Water Recycling Plant including four satellite plants.
Together the facilities represent the largest water recycling activity in their category in the United States; they are also the only facilities in the world that can produce five different grades of recycled water.
“Recycling is a key element of our Water Reliability 2020 program, aimed at providing the Los Angeles coastal area with locally controlled, sustainable and reliable water resources,” said Carol W Kwan, chairwoman of the West Basin Board of Directors. “Our partnership with United Water has allowed us to continue expanding our water recycling program and provided high-quality water to our communities.”
The Edward C Little facility produces over 40 MGD (150,000 m³/d) for industrial and other uses. The plant produces approximately 12 MGD (45,000 m³/d) of highly purified indirect drinking water for use in a seawater intrusion barrier water that protects local groundwater and also augments groundwater supplies.