Drought-Prone California OKs New Rules for Turning Wastewater Directly Into Drinking Water
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Lakeisha Bryant, public information representative at the Santa Clara Valley Water District, holds flasks of water before and after it is purified at the Silicon Valley Advance Purification Center, in San Jose, California, Dec. 13, 2023. The San Jose-Santa Clara Regional wastewater facility is seen in San Jose, California, Dec. 13, 2023. A worker cleans an ultraviolet light disinfection system as part of a water purification process at the Silicon Valley Advance Purification Center in San Jose, California, Dec. 13, 2023. The Silicon Valley Advance Water Purification Center, in San Jose, California, Dec. 13, 2023.
When a toilet is flushed in California, the water can end up in a lot of places: an ice skating rink in Ontario, ski slopes around Lake Tahoe, farmland in the Central Valley.
