Council directs staff to study accelerating water reclamation in city's master plan

Sep 21, 2026

After staff recapped nearly $1 billion in water master-plan investments across three phases, council directed management to explore accelerating water-reclamation strategies planned for later phases because of ongoing drought conditions.

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City staff presented the water master plan summarizing three phases of investment totaling roughly $996 million for water and wastewater infrastructure. Assistant director Gloria Perez Aveda said the plan includes 38 active projects (21 water, 14 wastewater, 3 combined) and highlighted ongoing projects such as pump replacements, a near-complete wastewater plant, and interconnections to increase redundancy.

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