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    Recycling Water

    Elizabeth Royte has written about recycling water for The New York Times.  She recently wrote about the Orange County Groundwater Replenishment System, which is a plant in the OC that recycles used water and puts it back into the groundwater.  The goal is the reduce Orange County's reliance on water from the North and from the Colorado River.

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    By Evan Kleiman • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Elizabeth Royte has written about recycling water for The New York Times. She recently wrote about the Orange County Groundwater Replenishment System, which is a plant in the OC that recycles used water and puts it back into the groundwater. The goal is the reduce Orange County's reliance on water from the North and from the Colorado River. Read more about their water purification system here. The water treatment plant is located in Fountain Valley, CA.

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    The full episode

    2 of 9
    Recycling Water; Meat and Global Warming; Peanuts; Rare Grapes
    1. 0:00Market Report
    2. 7:00Recycling WaterYou’re reading this
    3. 14:00The Edible Wall
    4. 19:00Vertical Farming
    5. 26:00Meat and Global Warming
    6. 33:00Rare Grapes
    7. 40:00Vintage Cakes
    8. 48:00Sunnin Revisted
    9. 54:00Nuts for Peanuts
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