By providing recycled water as a third source of water, West Basin is helping to meet the water demands of a growing economy and population. At the West Basin Water Recycling Facility , wastewater is cleaned to a tertiary level before distribution. More than 150 South Bay sites use West Basin's recycled water for non-drinking applications.
Recycled water is domestic wastewater purified through primary, secondary and tertiary treatment.
The West Basin Water Recycling Project provides water for non-potable applications such as irrigation, commercial and industrial processes. Despite recent technical advances, the principle of water recycled is as old as life itself. Since the advent of the first bacteria and blue-green algae some 3 billion years ago, nature has been using, cleaning and reusing water countless times. All the water we have is all the water there ever was, and ever will be. The water molecules that come out of the tap are the same ones dinosaurs drank.