Joseph Dooling Mentor: Dr. John Dorsey Determining West Basin Treatment Plant’s Ability to Consistently Produce Drinking Quality Water from Wastewater Joseph Dooling Mentor: Dr. John Dorsey

Problem: Climate Change Pagán, Brianna R. et al. “Extreme Hydrological Changes in the Southwestern US Drive Reductions in Water Supply to Southern California by Mid Century.” Environmental Research Letters 11.9 (2016): 94026. Institute of Physics. Web.

Problem: Climate Change

Problem: Climate Change

Solution: Water Reuse “Water Reuse” Orange County Water District, 27 October 2016,“http://www.ocwd.com/what-we-do/water-reuse/”

IPR http://angeles.sierraclub.org/sites/angeles.sierraclub.org/files/images/wasterwatertreatment.jpg

DPR DDW Briefing on Draft DPR Report to the CA Legislature.” Watereuse, 10 Oct. 2016

Question Does the current wastewater treatment system in Los Angeles have the ability to facilitate Direct Potable Reuse? If not, Where does the current system fail?

Gas Chromatography/ Mass Spectrometry Testing “Water Reuse” Orange County Water District, 27 October 2016,“http://www.ocwd.com/what-we-do/water-reuse/”

References DDW Briefing on Draft DPR Report to the CA Legislature.” Watereuse, 10 Oct. 2016, https://watereuse.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/20160920-DPR-Feasibility-Report- presentation-only-Bartson-Barnard-Hultquist-Bernados-others-Copy.pdf Pagán, Brianna R. et al. “Extreme Hydrological Changes in the Southwestern US Drive Reductions in Water Supply to Southern California by Mid Century.” Environmental Research Letters 11.9 (2016): 94026. Institute of Physics. Web. “Water Reuse” Orange County Water District, 27 October 2016,“http://www.ocwd.com/what-we- do/water-reuse/”