Cambria’s embattled, delayed water reclamation facility took a major step forward this month after years spent in permit limbo. … The CSD’s [Community Services District's] water-reclamation concept and plant, which treat effluent and brackish water and reinject it into the aquifer, have been a lightning rod since they were first proposed. Some said from the outset that it wouldn’t work. Others alleged it would cost way too much for such a small community of about 6,000 people. And some environmentalists decried its potential impact on the sensitive habitat near San Simeon Creek, where the plant is located.

Other water treatment news:

• The Raincross Gazette (Riverside, Calif.): PFAS settlement buys RPU ratepayers one-year reprieve on water treatment surcharge​
• The Riverside Record (Calif.): Riverside City Council talks funding for new water treatment facilities​​
• EurekAlert!: Drones reveal unexpectedly high emissions from wastewater treatment plants​