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Podcast: waterloop
Episode: The Ways Orange County Leads The Water World | The Golden State of Reuse
Description: Orange County shows how water recycling moves from idea to impact—linking history, science, and workforce to make reuse mainstream.At Irvine Ranch Water District, Paul Cook explains how a simple visual breakthrough—the now-iconic purple pipe—was created in the 1980s to clearly mark recycled water and build public trust, a standard that spread across California and the world.At Orange County Water District’s Groundwater Replenishment System, Mehul Patel traces the lineage from Water Factory 21 to today’s 130-MGD advanced purification that protects a coastal aquifer, pushes back seawater intrusion, and supplies enough water for...