For more than 80 years, the Metropolitan Water District has paved the way for Southern California’s epic growth by securing water from hundreds of miles away. This week, the mammoth agency said it wants to invest closer to home in what would be one of the world’s largest plants to recycle sewage into drinking water. The plan would thrust Los Angeles County to the forefront of a small but growing number of areas embracing “toilet…
Los Angeles aims to build plant to recycle sewage into drinking water
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