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SARI (Santa Ana Regional Intercepter) Line

The SARI System is intended to provide a cost-effective, sustainable means of disposal of NRWs for utilities and industry within the Santa Ana Watershed. The highest and best use of the SARI System is the removal of salts from the watershed to keep them from degrading water quality within the watershed, thereby allowing better use of groundwater resources and expanding the ability to reclaim water. The long-term goal of achieving salt balance within the region depends on the ability to remove salts from the watershed via the SARI System. Further use of desalters depends on an economical means of salt disposal and ultimately will depend on an economically viable regional SARI System.

The Engineering and Operations team is responsible for operations and maintenance of existing facilities, design and construction of new facilities, and implementation of major funded programs. Major existing facilities include the Santa Ana Regional Interceptor (SARI) Line, and the SAWPA facility. One approach for SAWPA is to identify projects that are needed, find a way to bring them to reality, and then turn them over to another agency for ownership/operation. This work is almost always accomplished in coordination with one or more other agencies. SAWPA is responsible for a number of projects that have been created in this way, including the Chino Desalter I in the Chino Basin, the Western Riverside County Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant, and the Rapid Infiltration and Extraction (RIX) Plant in Colton, and most recently, the Arlington Desalter.

 

Currently, the Engineering and Operations team is involved in several high visibility projects, including managing projects being performed by member agencies and other stakeholders under the INtegrated Regional Water Management Grant Program (Proposition 50), as well as many components within the operations of the SARI Line. Projects being accomplished by the Engineering & Operations team are discussed on the Engineering Projects page.