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San Diego Approves $3.5B Recycled Water Project By: Gene Cubbison November 18, 2014 NBC News

The city council of San Diego approved a $3.5 billion recycled water project in response to the ongoing drought in California. In a 9-0 vote, the council agreed to treat wastewater and purify it into drinking water, providing a long-term water supply and meeting a third of the city's needs. Water experts say the treated water will exceed current quality standards while maximizing water recycling locally. However, some critics argue it will increase housing costs and that other options were not fully explored.

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San Diego Approves $3.5B Recycled Water Project By: Gene Cubbison November 18, 2014 NBC News

The city council of San Diego approved a $3.5 billion recycled water project in response to the ongoing drought in California. In a 9-0 vote, the council agreed to treat wastewater and purify it into drinking water, providing a long-term water supply and meeting a third of the city's needs. Water experts say the treated water will exceed current quality standards while maximizing water recycling locally. However, some critics argue it will increase housing costs and that other options were not fully explored.

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Harun Kiani

Period 6

San Diego Approves $3.5B Recycled Water Project


By: Gene Cubbison
November 18, 2014
NBC News
A. I selected this article because it shows how humans are finding ways to
reuse a limited resource, especially in areas of drought.
B. As a result to the drought in California, San Diego is making a giant leap
to a long term water supply. With a 9-0 vote in city council approving such
action, waste water will be recycled into purified drinking water. Experts say
that the water from such treatment will exceed the current water quality,
while meeting a third of the city's basic needs. According to Matt O'Malley, a
water scientist, addressing the opposition, But really, what people have to
realize is that every source of water they have is recycled many times over.
What we're just doing is maximizing that recycling here locally. But critics
say that it will rise housing costs and that the city hasn't explored other
options enough.
C.
Conservation- preservation, protection, or restoration of the natural
environment, natural ecosystems, vegetation, and wildlife.
Drought- a prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall; a shortage of water
resulting from this.
Recycle- convert (waste) into reusable material.
D.
I. The research in this article is important because now areas that have drought can reuse their
water instead of having to find new water sources.
III. This article connects to what I am learning in this course because we learned about limited
resources and we also learned how humans have various conservation techniques.

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