Pittsburg, CA — Contra Costa Waste Services and Delta Diablo are proud to announce a new partnership which proactively addresses California’s drought emergency while enabling over nine million gallons of precious drinking water supplies to be saved each year in Pittsburg.
In an effort to become more efficient and improve the water supply in the county, Contra Costa Waste Services and Mt. Diablo Recycling, Garaventa companies, are excited to now access recycled water from their neighbor Delta Diablo, a wastewater resource recovery agency which serves nearly 200,000 customers in Antioch, Bay Point and Pittsburg. The tertiary treated recycled water began flowing at Mt. Diablo Recycling on Loveridge Road in Pittsburg this month for dust control as well as other operations where non potable water can be used.
“We are committed to environmental leadership in our community and recycled water is just one way we are demonstrating this. Especially during this time of exceptional drought, we believe investing in recycled water will deliver great environmental and economic benefits to our community.” Said Joseph Garaventa, CEO of Garaventa Enterprises.
For over fifty years, recycled water has been providing San Francisco Bay Area communities a wide range of environmental protection benefits and water conservation options. In addition, it is more economically viable with the cost of generating recycled water currently at $356 an acre foot compared to potable water at $1,628 an acre foot*
Gary Darling, General Manager of Delta Diablo is equally enthusiastic about the new partnership. “Being able to add another recycled water customer and a new resource recovery service for dust control to our portfolio is a milestone for our agency. This new partnership reflects Delta Diablo’s ongoing commitment to spearhead resource recovery opportunities which showcase our East Contra Costa region as a leader in water resource management.”
Since building their recycled water facility in 2002, Delta Diablo has generated 31 billion gallons of recycled water for industrial and business customers. They currently provide recycled water to Calpine Corporation, Pittsburg Unified School District, as well as the cities of Antioch and Pittsburg. They also offered a pilot residential recycled water fill station during 2015 which gave away two million gallons over a six month period.
*Typical swimming pool contains approximately 20,000 gallons of water. Thus, one acre foot equals 17 typical swimming pools.
Contra Costa Waste Services, a Garaventa company, operates the Recycling Center & Transfer Station (RCTS), one of the largest, state-of-the-art recycling centers in Northern California in conjunction with Mt. Diablo Recycling. RCTS dedicates most of its facility to recycling items including tires, metals, mattresses, propane tanks and appliances. It is part of the East Bay area’s oldest locally-owned waste management company, Garaventa Enterprises. Garaventa Enterprises offers state of the art waste management facilities and superior services that currently serve the areas of Concord, Pittsburg, Discovery Bay, Oakley, unincorporated areas East County, Rio Vista and other jurisdictional areas.
Delta Diablo is a mid-size wastewater resource recovery agency which operates 24 hours a day, 365 days per year providing a range of public health and pollution prevention services in the communities of Antioch, Bay Point and Pittsburg. Their plant processes 13.5 million gallon of wastewater each day as well as operates one of the largest industrial recycled water plants in California. The recycled water produced by Delta Diablo meets the most stringent standards established by Title 22 California Code of Regulations. Extensive monitoring and testing is performed to ensure this water supply meets the highest quality standards.
