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    Water Recycling Efforts Spark Policy Debate in California

    Mar 24, 2008 10:46 PM EST

    ... getting more water for the area's three million residents was going down the drain, billions of gallons of wastewater going to waste. Then, local water and sanitation officials bought into an idea: turning that wastewater into clean drinking water. MIKE MARKUS, Orange County Water District: This project is extremely ...

  • NAACP files intent to sue Elon Musk's xAI company over Memphis supercomputer air pollution

    NAACP files intent to sue Elon Musk's xAI company over Memphis supercomputer air pollution

    Jun 17, 2025 04:11 PM EST

    ... local taxes and creating hundreds of jobs. The company also is spending $35 million to build a power substation and $80 million to build a water recycling plant to the support Memphis, Light, Gas and Water, the local utility. But the Southern Environmental Law Center, among others, says the supercomputer ...

  • Why NASA is turning to SpaceX to bring Boeing Starliner astronauts home

    Why NASA is turning to SpaceX to bring Boeing Starliner astronauts home

    Aug 26, 2024 10:30 PM EST

    ... they went up without suitcases. They had to make room for a piece of equipment to haul up to the space station to fix the water recycling system. So they didn't even have a change of clothes. Well, there's been a cargo mission arrive just a week or ...

  • NASA weighs options for bringing stranded astronauts home amid Boeing spacecraft problems

    NASA weighs options for bringing stranded astronauts home amid Boeing spacecraft problems

    Aug 14, 2024 10:30 PM EST

    ... Brien: Well, the space station is pretty well stocked, but I should point out, Geoff, that they -- at the last minute, they put in a urine-water recycling system inside the Starliner capsule, which had failed, and they asked Butch and Suni, would you mind not bringing any additional clothing?

  • Drought-prone California approves new rules for turning wastewater directly into drinking water

    Drought-prone California approves new rules for turning wastewater directly into drinking water

    Dec 19, 2023 07:36 PM EST

    ... Diego, where city officials have a plan to build a water recycling program that they say would account for nearly half of the city's water by 2035. Water agencies will need public support to complete these projects. The rules require water agencies to tell customers about the recycled water ...

  • Colorado approves preliminary plan to reuse wastewater for drinking

    Colorado approves preliminary plan to reuse wastewater for drinking

    Oct 21, 2022 08:47 PM EST

    ... Fisher said. Water recycling projects can carry a large price tag, although federal funding is available. The Environmental Protection Agency offers low-cost loans for water infrastructure projects, including recycling. Through the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s water recycling programs, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law offers over $1 billion over ...

  • House approves legislation to help the West cope with wildfires and drought

    House approves legislation to help the West cope with wildfires and drought

    Jul 30, 2022 03:13 PM EST

    ... fires and droughts, "which will only increase in frequency and intensity due to the climate crisis,'' Pelosi said. The bill includes $500 million to preserve water levels in key reservoirs in the drought-stricken Colorado River and invest in water recycling and desalination. Republicans denounced the measure as “political messaging ...

  • Californians could see mandatory water cuts amid continuing drought

    Californians could see mandatory water cuts amid continuing drought

    May 24, 2022 12:17 AM EST

    ... take effect June 10. Water agencies that don't comply could be fined $500 per day, as could businesses or other institutions that continue to water ornamental grass, said Edward Ortiz, a spokesman for the water board. Last week while touring a water recycling plant in Los Angeles County, Newsom ...

  • Water-stressed cities in India turn to innovation for a safe, stable supply

    Water-stressed cities in India turn to innovation for a safe, stable supply

    Jan 14, 2020 11:25 PM EST

    ... alone will solve the needs of the city. Fred de Sam Lazaro: The water authority's Prabhushankar says, it won't. He says more sewage water recycling plants and the expanded desalination are an insurance policy that will shield Chennai, once and for all, from its water insecurity.Can you ...

  • Amid drought, Phoenix plans for a future with less water

    Amid drought, Phoenix plans for a future with less water

    May 26, 2019 10:04 PM EST

    ... a year are used to irrigate nearby crops. This water recycling effort is part of Phoenix’s larger strategy to secure long-term access to water. To achieve that, this desert city is counting on water storage and conservation. Kathryn Sorensen: The thing about Phoenix is it's hot and ...