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Ventura Water plans $302 million treatment overhaul and purified recycled supply to bolster drought resilience
Summary
General Manager Gina Dorington details Ventura Water’s plan to replace aging wastewater infrastructure with a membrane bioreactor and ultraviolet disinfection system, pursue purified recycled water for up to 20% of future supply, and manage rising operating costs tied to energy and chemicals.
Gina Dorington, Ventura Water general manager, said the utility is moving forward with a large treatment‑plant replacement and a purified recycled water program to reduce the city’s reliance on climate‑sensitive local supplies.
"We treat over 7 and a half million gallons a day of water," Dorington said, noting the wastewater reclamation facility is about 70 years old and several structural elements have shown near‑failure conditions. "The structural analysis came back at near failure," she said, adding the city is monitoring tanks and walls that have developed cracks and could be vulnerable in a magnitude‑4 earthquake.
The city’s solution is a membrane bioreactor (MBR) combined with ultraviolet light disinfection, a modernization Dorington said would reduce the plant footprint, provide more robust treatment and…
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