Kseniya Taranyuk
Lariat
Investigative Lake Mission Viejo will soon be filled with recycled water as the Santa Margarita Water District proposes to construct a water treatment facility that would intake SMWD disinfected tertiary effluent, which is liquid waste or sewage, and produce purified effluent for direct discharge and use. The structure would encompass about 5,000 square feet and would house the Advanced Water Purification treatment processes, consist of micro- or ultra- filtration, reverse osmosis, and ultraviolent light disinfection.
The city council will donate a 1 million dollar grant to help SMWD build the new facility across the street from the lake and the city will loan another 3 million dollars. The Lake Mission Viejo Association …show more content…
SMWD hopes to open their new treatment plant at the end of July.
"We're not aware of anybody else doing anything of this nature for a recreational lake," said Don Bunts, of the Santa Margarita Water District Engineer. "It is a rather unique approach."
By providing this treatment facility to the residents of Mission Viejo it will eliminate up to 350 acre-feet per year of potable demand that currently is used to fill the lake. The project will also provide approximately 300 acre-feet per year of reclaimed water that will be available for the city to irrigate.
“With the additional levels of treatment it will receive, advanced purified water could actually improve the lake’s water quality,” said David Roohk, a water consultant to the Lake Mission Viejo Association.
SMWD plans to fill the 124-acre Lake Mission Viejo with highly treated sewage water instead of drinking water. They will also secure enough recycled water to irrigate about 80 percent of its parks, medians and slopes for the next 25 years at a discounted …show more content…
“The State Mandates went into effect in May 2015 and requested an overall reduction in water use in Orange County of 23%,” said Karl Seckel, assistant general manager at the Orange County Municipal Water District. “We have been almost exactly on that mark through March 2016.”
SMWD provides water and wastewater treatment services to more than 155,000 residents and businesses in Mission Viejo, Rancho Santa Margarita, Coto de Caza, Las Flores, Ladera Ranch, and Talega. With all this area to cover, changing Lake Mission Viejo’s water is also not the only project they are currently working on to help conserve water.
The Dove Canyon Conservation and Water Recovery Project is a project that helps keeps urban runoff from reaching the natural habitat in Starr Ranch Sanctuary. SMWD also supports Poseidon Desalination Plant in Huntington Beach, the proposed facility which is expected to produce 50 million gallons of fresh water a day to more than a dozen Orange County cities and water districts, including
Lariat
Investigative Lake Mission Viejo will soon be filled with recycled water as the Santa Margarita Water District proposes to construct a water treatment facility that would intake SMWD disinfected tertiary effluent, which is liquid waste or sewage, and produce purified effluent for direct discharge and use. The structure would encompass about 5,000 square feet and would house the Advanced Water Purification treatment processes, consist of micro- or ultra- filtration, reverse osmosis, and ultraviolent light disinfection.
The city council will donate a 1 million dollar grant to help SMWD build the new facility across the street from the lake and the city will loan another 3 million dollars. The Lake Mission Viejo Association …show more content…
SMWD hopes to open their new treatment plant at the end of July.
"We're not aware of anybody else doing anything of this nature for a recreational lake," said Don Bunts, of the Santa Margarita Water District Engineer. "It is a rather unique approach."
By providing this treatment facility to the residents of Mission Viejo it will eliminate up to 350 acre-feet per year of potable demand that currently is used to fill the lake. The project will also provide approximately 300 acre-feet per year of reclaimed water that will be available for the city to irrigate.
“With the additional levels of treatment it will receive, advanced purified water could actually improve the lake’s water quality,” said David Roohk, a water consultant to the Lake Mission Viejo Association.
SMWD plans to fill the 124-acre Lake Mission Viejo with highly treated sewage water instead of drinking water. They will also secure enough recycled water to irrigate about 80 percent of its parks, medians and slopes for the next 25 years at a discounted …show more content…
“The State Mandates went into effect in May 2015 and requested an overall reduction in water use in Orange County of 23%,” said Karl Seckel, assistant general manager at the Orange County Municipal Water District. “We have been almost exactly on that mark through March 2016.”
SMWD provides water and wastewater treatment services to more than 155,000 residents and businesses in Mission Viejo, Rancho Santa Margarita, Coto de Caza, Las Flores, Ladera Ranch, and Talega. With all this area to cover, changing Lake Mission Viejo’s water is also not the only project they are currently working on to help conserve water.
The Dove Canyon Conservation and Water Recovery Project is a project that helps keeps urban runoff from reaching the natural habitat in Starr Ranch Sanctuary. SMWD also supports Poseidon Desalination Plant in Huntington Beach, the proposed facility which is expected to produce 50 million gallons of fresh water a day to more than a dozen Orange County cities and water districts, including