Just in time for Earth Day (it’s today, but you knew that), the City of Long Beach will become one of the nation’s first municipalities to begin using recycled water for its street sweeping operations, a move that will save an estimated thirteen million gallons of water per year.
The Board of Water Commissioners recently announced the decision shortly after a decision by the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board to allow the use of recycled water for street sweeping.
The City also uses recycled water in golf courses, parks, cemetaries and other large public landscapes to save hundreds of millions of gallons per year. Long Beach uses recycled water for 12% of its water usage, a number which has doubled since 2001.
By Ryan ZumMallen, Managing Editor
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