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urban runoff diversion system
The Urban Runoff Diversion System, located immediately adjacent to the north side of Sweetwater
Reservoir, captures first flush storm flows and low flow runoff before the water enters Sweetwater Reservoir. When water contains high salt loads (total dissolved solids - TDS) it is diverted downstream into the river, where it joins the underground alluvium and becomes a source of supply for the Richard A. Reynolds Groundwater
Desalination Facility. Water with acceptable TDS levels is routed into the reservoir and treated at the Robert A. Perdue Water Treatment Plant. The Urban Runoff Diversion System allows Sweetwater Authority to avoid the problem of ever-higher salt levels in Sweetwater Reservoir, thereby providing continued storage capacity and avoiding the need to add more costly treatment at its 30 million gallon per day conventional treatment plant. Net water losses are addressed with the Authority’s groundwater desalination facility downstream, which utilizes reverse-osmosis treatment to produce 4 million gallons of drinking water from alluvial and groundwater sources. |
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