Orange County, world’s largest producer of purified wastewater

The Orange County Water District is now the world’s largest producer of purified wastewater. The district’s Groundwater Replenishment System, which began in 2008 in partnership with the Orange County Sanitation District, uses the combined processes of microfiltration, reverse osmosis and ultraviolet light to purify treated wastewater.

It was a day of firsts in Williams, California

On June 26, the first group of 10 homeowners participating in the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development Mutual Self-Help Home Program helped raise the first wall of the first self-help home in Williams, California.

Families break ground on Guam’s first self-help housing project

After several years of planning and hope, the first group ever of self-help housing families on the island of Guam have begun construction on 13 homes.

Families break ground on self-help housing neighborhood in Hawaii

Families celebrated the first step to affordable homeownership during a ground breaking ceremony for the Pokai Bay Self-Help Housing Project in Waianae, Hawaii. Low-income families participating in the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Self-Help Housing Program will build their own homes on construction teams, also assisting their neighbors to build homes.

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