The Southern California Water Coalition has teamed up with a top video production agency to produce a new informative video that examines how water is purified for reuse. While our organization’s focus is on these solutions taking place in Southern California, the science and solutions in this video are relevant to communities everywhere that are facing drought, climate extremes, or growing demand for safe, reliable drinking water.
Renewed: The Journey to Safe Drinking Water is a short and informative animated video that tells the story of how communities are safeguarding a reliable, affordable water future by using advanced purification that meets or exceeds drinking water standards. The multi-barrier approach shown and paired with continuous monitoring reflects best practices used around the world and can be tailored to local regulations and infrastructure.
- Visit our webpage “How Wastewater Becomes Drinking Water: Direct Potable Reuse Explained“
- Watch the video on YouTube
- Ver las versiones en español
In this video, we find out how communities like Southern California are investing in advanced purification to create a reliable source of drinking water that meets or exceeds all standards. Viewers learn more about the multi-barrier process and the continuous monitoring that ensures high quality. As state and local leaders look for ways to help us cope with extreme droughts and floods, rising temperatures, depleted groundwater basins and more, using more recycled water just makes sense. The same drivers and solutions apply well beyond Southern California, making the video a useful primer for any community exploring potable reuse as part of a resilient water supply.
We invite water agencies, educators, community groups, and media everywhere to watch, share, and embed the video as a plain‑language explainer of how advanced purification turns recycled water into safe, great‑tasting drinking water. If you’re outside Southern California, consider pairing the video with your local project details and regulatory context to help audiences connect the dots.
The video was made possible through generous funding provided by Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP), Eastern Municipal Water District (EMWD), HDR, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD), Parsons, Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts (LACSD), WateReuse Association, Inland Empire Utilities Agency (IEUA), Las Virgenes Municipal Water District (LVMWD), Moulton Niguel Water District (MNWD), Black & Veatch, California WateReuse, and Carollo. The water experts teamed up with the video and storytelling experts at Epipheo to produce the video.