The purpose of the California Project is to harvest, clean, and recycle freshwater from the mouth of California Rivers after the freshwater has entered the Pacific Ocean but before the freshwater mixes with the ocean’s salt water by using the River Recycler’s methods. When this project reaches its full potential, it will provide enough water to reduce the strain on all water supply ecosystems in southern California. This project is capable of providing enough water to Los Angeles and San Diego to end their use of water from the Colorado River, freeing up water to be used in the Central Valley. This is a conservation project designed to help our environment and provide opportunities for communities hardest hit by the economic recession. It will act as a model for countries throughout the world to show just how innovation in water distribution can have huge positive impacts on our planet and economic situation.
California Project Overview
California’s rivers have been over developed and the water resources are being utilized to their fullest. It is with this in mind that this project was developed. The Sate of California regulates fresh water in every river to a point that is called Mile 0. This point is where the river officially ends and the Pacific Ocean begins. At this point, the freshwater that used to be a river now floats on top of the Pacific Ocean until wave action mixes it with the saltwater and it becomes part of the ocean. In one year, the amount of freshwater that passes this point is staggering. Just the Klamath River alone has an average of 17,000 cubic feet per second wasted. That is 3,679,200,000,000 gallons of water that could be recycled!