WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT FOR INDIRECT POTABLE REUSE : A NEW METHODOLOGY FOR CONTROLLING TRACE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS AT THE WEST BASIN WATER RECYCLING PLANT (CALIFORNIA, USA)

The presence of organic micropolluants in water reuse effluents has been of growing concern among public health officials especially with the development of indirect potable reuse projects and the fear of contaminating existing natural resources. The paper present a new methodology applied at the West Basin Water Recycling plant (California, USA) to monitor the fate of base neutral organic compounds across one of the two treatment trains used to replenish the local aquifer.