2002: Natural Treatment System Treats Urban Runoff
Irvine Ranch Water District’s Natural Treatment System is a cost-effective, environmentally sound method for treating dry weather runoff. It is modeled after the successful system of natural treatment ponds which remove nitrogen, phosphorus and bacteria from surface waters entering the IRWD San Joaquin Marsh. Orange County Coastkeeper in 2002 honored the District for helping to keep local waterways, wetlands and the ocean clean by removing these contaminants at our NTS sites farther upstream.