Approximately 6 MGD of recycled water is used at over 60 different sites. Reuses include landscape irrigation of schools, golf courses, parks, and greenbelts by the City of Long Beach, the re-pressurization of oil-bearing strata off the coast of Long Beach, and the replenishment of the Central Basin groundwater supply from water processed at the Leo J. Vander Lans Advanced Water Treatment Facility. The remainder is discharged to Coyote Creek.

The advanced water treatment facility uses microfiltration, reverse osmosis, and ultraviolet disinfection to produce near distilled quality water, and is blended with imported water and pumped into the Alamitos Seawater Barrier to protect the groundwater basin from seawater intrusion.

• Learn more about the Sanitation Districts' recycled water program
• Water Recycling Brochure

The Long Beach WRP occupies 17 acres west of the San Gabriel River (I-605) Freeway and began operation in 1973. The plant expanded in 1984 to reach its current design capacity of 25 MGD of wastewater.