The recipient is one of californias largest water agencies, providing water, wastewater, and recycled water services to approximately 850,000 people in a 558-square mile service area located in…

The recipient is one of californias largest water agencies, providing water, wastewater, and recycled water services to approximately 850,000 people in a 558-square mile service area located in riverside county. The recipient completed a feasibility study of the purified water replenishment project, formerly referred to as the indirect potable reuse (IPR) project, in october 2016, and IT was submitted to congress on july 12, 2017. The feasibility study is included on the list of congressionally authorized title XVI feasibility studies and wiin eligible projects as the eastern municipal water district, indirect potable reuse study. Reclamation funds will assist in advancing the program through the preliminary design, final design, and into the construction phases to achieve its objectives of fully utilizing recycled water within its service area, maximizing potable water offset, creating new local potable water supplies, minimizing cost, and managing groundwater basin salt balance. The project, which has been designated the purified water replenishment project (project), will improve the reliability of the water supply options available to the recipient, providing increased local supply sources that are less affected by climatic conditions and regulatory restrictions compared to its current imported water sources. The project includes infrastructure to convey recycled water from the SAN jacinto valley regional water reclamation facility (sjvrwrf) to groundwater recharge ponds in the upper SAN jacinto groundwater basin, where IT will be blended with diluent water for infiltration. A portion of the recycled water will receive additional treatment through an advanced water treatment facility (awtf) prior to groundwater recharge. The capacity of the project will be phased over time, with an ultimate yield of 15,000 acre-feet per year (AFY) for potable use by 2035.