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AWWA ACE61741
- Water Supply Benefits from an Integrated Watershed Approach: The Los Angeles Experience
- Conference Proceeding by American Water Works Association, 06/17/2005
- Publisher: AWWA
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This slide presentation outlines information on an integrated watershed approach in Los Angeles County, California, for wastewaterand storm water that resulted in opportunities for water supply that would have been ignored without such an approach. Topics covered include: background of the city of Los Angeles' wastewater, storm water runoff, and water systems; water resources challenges for Los Angeles; Los Angeles' Integrated Resource Plan (IRP); Los Angeles' water demands; Los Angeles' current water supply sources; recycled water opportunities; IRP groundwater recharge analysis; tiered approach to recycled water options; potential irrigation and industrial users for recycled water; cost of recycled water alternatives; beneficial use of urban runoff opportunities; management of urban runoff; beneficial reuse of dry weather and wet weather runoff; onsite runoff management and greening; groundwater recharge and parks; and, smart irrigation devices.