County sanitation district describes recycling, energy and planned water‑reuse demonstration at Warren facility

Genesis Rodriguez, a public affairs specialist with the Los Angeles County Sanitation District, spent the commission’s February meeting describing how the district converts sewage and solid waste into resources for communities across Los Angeles County. The presentation covered the district’s service area, treatment plants, recycled‑water projects and a proposed advanced treatment demonstration at the AK Warren Water Resource Facility in Carson.

Rodriguez said the district serves 78 of the county’s 88 cities and operates 11 wastewater treatment plants. “We convert waste into resources such as recycled water, energy, and recycled materials,” she said, describing the district’s approach to reusing treated water for agriculture, landscaping and groundwater recharge. She noted the district has produced reused water since the 1960s and said it has…