The city of SAN buenaventura is implementing the venturawaterpure program to augment the citys potable water supplies with purified recycled water

The City of San Buenaventura was awarded a $363,249,257 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the Water Recycling and Desalination Construction Programs (CFDA 15.504). The funds will be used to complete the design of an advanced water purification facility, construct an ocean outfall pump station, and advance the planning of a pipeline and wells for the VenturaPure program. The VenturaPure program aims to augment the city's potable water supply with up to 3,600 acre-feet per year of purified recycled water, helping the city become less vulnerable to drought conditions. The award will fund critical components of this water infrastructure project, which is scheduled for completion by February 29, 2028.

The program includes construction of treatment and conveyance facilities to produce up to 3,600 acrefeet per year of local recycled water. The city currently depends on limited local surface and groundwater supplies that are increasingly impacted by drought. The venturawaterpure program will help the city become less vulnerable to drought conditions by creating a new source of local, droughtresistant recycled water supply. The project will divert tertiarytreated effluent from the ventura water reclamation facility, currently being discharged to the santa clara river estuary, to a new advanced water purification facility to produce recycled water for potable reuse. Funding will be used to complete the design of the advanced water purification facility and advance the design of the membrane bioreactor and ultraviolet disinfection system. Funding will also be used toconstruct the ocean outfall pump station and complete planning activities for the pipeline and wells.