San Diego - Council Overturns Recycled Water Veto ...

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Excerpt from NBCSanDiego.com:

Council Overturns Recycled Water Veto

3 December 2007

SAN DIEGO -- The San Diego City Council has overturned Mayor Jerry Sanders' veto of a controversial water recycling project.

The pilot program would use recycled wastewater to supplement San Diego's drinking water supply. On Tuesday, the council voted to override Sanders' veto 5-3. Councilmen Kevin Faulconer, Tony Young and Brian Maienschein were opposed.

The council voted in October to initiate a one-year test of the plan's technology and costs. Opponents of the program have dubbed it "toilet to tap," but Sanders said he vetoed it to save money, calling the plan cost-prohibitive.

In the event of a veto, the mayor had threatened to submit a notice to increase water rates to pay for the program -- the third increase in a year.

The project is set to begin in July.

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