Needing an immediate solution to reduce the City of Santa Monica’s reliance on imported water, develop sustainable water supplies, and increase groundwater production, the finished $72 million Arcadia WTP expansion—leveraging progressive design–build—increased treatment capacity with a novel high recovery reverse osmosis system and a newly designed Olympic Advanced Water Treatment Facility (AWTF), producing more finished drinking water with less waste being discharged to the sewer. Learn more about the journey to water independence by clicking here.