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"Designer Water" Repurposes Wastewater for Multiple Uses

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There's an industrial plant near Long Beach that produces billions of gallons of what it calls "designer water." That may sound like a frivolous use of H20 in the middle of a drought. But it's something parched California needs more of.

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