Riverside Water Quality Control Plant produces tertiary-treated recycled water serving golf courses, parks, and landscape customers, with discharge into the Santa Ana River regulated by the Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board under federal Clean Water Act permits.
Riverside operates a wastewater treatment plant that meets California Title 22 tertiary recycled water standards, suitable for irrigation of food crops, parks, schools, and landscape areas. Recycled water is delivered through a separate purple-pipe distribution system to large irrigation customers. Surplus treated effluent discharges to the Santa Ana River under an NPDES permit administered by the Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board, supporting downstream habitat and groundwater recharge benefiting Orange County water users.
Cross-connecting recycled water with potable plumbing or using purple-pipe water for prohibited purposes can lead to permit revocation, state enforcement orders, and significant administrative civil liabilities.
Riverside, CA
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Riverside, CA
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