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Wastewater-to-crops idea bubbling up in Modesto

Posted by: Maven on January 19, 2010 at 6:34 am

From the Hanford Sentinel:

“With the drought in full swing, all kinds of ideas are afloat to make additional water available to agriculture — including sending treated wastewater from urban residents to plants in the field.

Think of the residents of a home sending their washing machine water to the backyard garden, but blow it up on a massive scale. That gives some idea of the possibilities of using treated wastewater to grow a variety of agricultural commodities.

Last week the Modesto City Council voted unanimously to move forward with a plan to send its wastewater to drought-stricken Westside farmers.

The concept isn’t unprecedented. Hanford has a reclamation agreement with Lakeside Irrigation Water District to take the city’s wastewater and distribute it to farmland southeast of town. Crops like cotton that aren’t consumed by humans soak up the treated water — 3,300 acre-feet of it a year, according to Lou Camara, Hanford public works director. … “

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January 19, 2010 · Filed Under Recycled Water, San Joaquin Valley

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