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Orange County Sanitation District briefs Santa Ana on recycling, energy and trunk‑line work

Santa Ana City Council · January 13, 2025
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Summary

Orange County Sanitation District presented to the Santa Ana City Council on wastewater treatment, water recycling partnerships that produce drinking‑quality water, energy generation from biosolids, and planned trunk‑line upgrades affecting Santa Ana neighborhoods.

Orange County Sanitation District General Manager Rob Thompson told the Santa Ana City Council that the agency now focuses on treatment, recycling and resource recovery in addition to public health protection. He described the district's two treatment plants and a long‑standing partnership with the Orange County Water District that produces purified recycled water fed to groundwater recharge wells.

Key figures Thompson cited include daily influent volumes in the roughly 190–190,000,000 gallons‑per‑day range and a recycled output of about 130,000,000 gallons per day (the agency's figures were provided as approximate in…

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