The Long Beach Water Reclamation Plant (WRP) is located at 7400 E. Willow Street, Long Beach. The plant occupies 17 acres west of the San Gabriel River (605) Freeway. The plant initially began operation in 1973.

CURRENT OPERATION:
The Long Beach WRP provides primary, secondary and tertiary treatment for 25 million gallons of wastewater per day (see flow diagram below). The plant serves a population of approximately 250,000 people. Almost 5 million gallons per day of the purified water is reused at over 40 reuse sites. Reuse includes landscape irrigation of schools, golf courses, parks, and greenbelts and the re-pressurization of oil-bearing strata. Click on the diagram to read about the wastewater treatment and water reclamation process.