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Water agency outlines recycling and storage plan to bolster Montclair's supply
Summary
Officials from the Inland Empire Utilities Agency told the Montclair City Council they are expanding recycled-water production and pursuing the Chino Basin program — a multi-hundred-million-dollar storage plan — to improve regional drought resilience and local reliability.
Officials from the Inland Empire Utilities Agency told the Montclair City Council on Monday that they are expanding recycled-water production and exploring a large groundwater-storage project to improve water reliability for Montclair and the surrounding Inland Empire.
"Sewage is not in fact a waste but something that can be recycled," said shazi Des desuka, who introduced the agency's presentation. He described a three-part emphasis on imported water, wastewater management, and recycled water storage, and invited council members to tour the agency's Chino-area treatment facilities.
The agency said imported water currently supplies about one-third of the region's needs and that partnerships with the Metropolitan Water District and…
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