In addition to these benefits, the discharge of our reclaimed water enhances the plants and animal life in the estuary of the Santa Clara River. We provide water for the landscaping of the Los Angeles Times building on Olivas Park Drive, at the the Olivas Adobe. We also use it for street medians, parkways and lawns in the Ventura Harbor area, and for the City's Marina Park at the South end of Pierpont Boulevard. Our biggest users of reclaimed water are the Ventura's two golf courses, Buenaventura and Olivas Park. All of the landscape irrigation uses at both courses is met with reclaimed water.
Reclaimed water is very safe to use.
Our treatment systems provide the maximum levels of treatment available, called Tertiary processes, and include extensive safeguards. We routinely monitor the water for potential toxic contaminants and for proper disinfection. Water reclamation systems in California operate under permits from the State's Regional Water Quality Control Boards and are subject to very stringent regulations which protect the public, the reclaimed water users, and the groundwater which underlies areas where it is used. We also meet the highest standards of the California Department of Health Services. In addition, our delivery system includes storage capacity so that should anything be found by the monitoring programs, there will be adequate time to divert that flow, assuring that no water that is less than the highest quality is ever delivered to our reclaimed water customers.