http://www.lajollalight.com/2011/01/09/city-engineers-tell-la-jollans-about-water-purification/ Enlightening La Jolla since 1913 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:16:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 http://www.lajollalight.com/2011/01/09/city-engineers-tell-la-jollans-about-water-purification/#comment-44290 THe Big Picture Tue, 11 Jan 2011 21:39:36 +0000 http://lajollalight.mscsddev.com/?p=32602#comment-44290 It’s about time. The only reason we have not put treated wastewater into rivers to be reused downstream as they do in Riverside, San Bernardino, Pomona, Chino, Anaheim, etc. is we don’t have a porous river like the Santa Ana River. This purified water is so pure it has a Ph of zero that alone will kill any bacteria or virus that might (unlikely) escape treatment. Our water will be softer, so we will need less water to irrigate because of the lower salts, we will need less soap and plumbing fixtures will not get mineral build up so fast. It will have no pesticides, fertilizers, pharmaceuticals, industrial waste or other pollutants as is likely with our current water supply. It’s about time. The only reason we have not put treated wastewater into rivers to be reused downstream as they do in Riverside, San Bernardino, Pomona, Chino, Anaheim, etc. is we don’t have a porous river like the Santa Ana River. This purified water is so pure it has a Ph of zero that alone will kill any bacteria or virus that might (unlikely) escape treatment. Our water will be softer, so we will need less water to irrigate because of the lower salts, we will need less soap and plumbing fixtures will not get mineral build up so fast. It will have no pesticides, fertilizers, pharmaceuticals, industrial waste or other pollutants as is likely with our current water supply.

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