Wastewater Becomes a Resource in Silicon Valley

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A purple-colored hydrant designates a recycled water fill station in Mountain View. Photo by Tara Lohan/Water Deeply

By Tara Lohan, Water Deeply/KQED News Fix/KQED Science
Despite a much wetter winter than the last several, California is still mired in drought, according to scientists and policymakers. But if you ask architect Bill Worthen of Urban Fabrick, there is plenty of water in the state of California. “It’s just not where we want it, when we want it, in the form we want it,” he said. “To me, as an architect, that’s a classic design problem, and that’s also a huge opportunity to think about how we can reuse and rethink water in the state.”

Worthen recently spoke at a gathering of building and design professionals interested in water reuse in Silicon Valley. “Our opportunity here is to think about how we can stop the insanity of using water once as it comes out of our tap.”

Read the complete story at Water Deeply/KQED News Fix/KQED Science.

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