The City of San Luis Obispo’s Water
Reclamation Facility (WRF) is responsible for treating all of the wastewater (sewage)
within the City, Cal Poly and the County airport. The facility treats 4.5 million gallons
of wastewater daily, twenty four hours a day, 365 days a year. Staffing of operators,
laboratory analysts and maintenance technicians ensure the WRF is operated and maintained
in the most efficient manner possible and complies with federal state and local discharge
requirements.
The most recent upgrade to the WRF was completed to improve the quality of water
discharged into San Luis Obispo Creek. The
WRF has very stringent discharge requirements and now produces a high quality effluent
that surpasses drinking water standards for many constituents. Plans to utilize a portion
of this effluent to irrigate parks, median strips, landscape and other appropriate uses
are being developed under the City’s Water Reuse Program.
The City of San Luis Obispo has a long
history of treating wastewater. During the 1920’s, the City constructed one of the
first sewage treatment plants in the state and has continued to improve the facility over
the subsequent years by increasing capacity and improving the quality of the effluent
discharged into the environment. The City is committed to ensuring water quality in the
most efficient and effective manner possible.
