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Thanks to a funding award from the Upper San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District and Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, Valley County Water District will be using a Neutral Output Discharge Elimination System (NO-DES) to perform maintenance on District water mains.
Traditional fire hydrant flushing involves opening hydrants and spilling hundreds of gallons of water onto roadways to maintain water quality. Due to California’s back-to-back drought years and water shortages, VCWD sought out this technology. The NO-DES unit connects to a hydrant and flushes the water through a filter system before disinfecting and reintroducing the water back into the system. Therefore, no water is wasted in the process.
For a video model of how the NO-DES system works, please watch this video.
The District completed flushing of the water distribution system. Results of this program can be viewed here.
5121 Lante Street
Baldwin Park, CA 91706
Phone: 626-338-7301
Fax: 626-814-2973