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Council receives recycled-water update; staff advancing CEQA, AMMP baseline monitoring

City Council of Beaumont · February 18, 2026
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Summary

City staff and consultants told council they are advancing baseline monitoring for an Adaptive Management and Mitigation Plan (AMMP), preparing CEQA documents and coordinating with the State Water Board and resource agencies in pursuit of a change petition to use treated wastewater as recycled water; the project remains multi-year and technically complex.

Beaumont — Beaumont staff and West Yost consultants presented a technical update on the city’s recycled-water program, covering the brine line, adaptive management and mitigation planning (AMMP), and next steps in CEQA and regulatory coordination.

Technical background and regulatory path

Wastewater staff explained that the plant’s reverse-osmosis treatment produces reject water that discharges to the brine line; the state’s anti-degradation requirements mean the city must address salinity and…

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