Former Windsor mayor to give water strategy speech at international conference
North Bay Business Journal, 10/13/25, Mark Millan is presenting before the International Desalination and Reuse Association in Reykjavik, Iceland this week.
Mark Millan receives prestigious Bahman Sheikh Award for Vision in Water Reuse
Press Release, September 20, 2024: Data Instincts founder and principal Mark Millan was awarded the prestigious “Bahman Sheikh Award for Vision in Water Reuse” at the 2024 WateReuse California Conference in Garden Grove, CA on September 16, 2024.
New water treatment facility to undergo construction in summer of 2025
RENO, Nev. (KOLO): 6/13/24: $30 million for a purified water facility is coming to northern Nevada.
California Adopts Regulations for Implementing Direct Potable Reuse
Press Release, December 19, 2023: Following years of research, collaboration, and public engagement, California’s State Water Resources Control Board is voting today to adopt new regulations allowing for direct potable reuse.
Mark Millan to Speak on Purified Recycled Water Communications at International Water Summit in Seville, Spain
Press Release, October 4, 2023: Data Instincts founder and principal Mark Millan has been selected to present at the International Desalination Association (IDA) “Summit on Water and Climate Change” in Seville, Spain on October 15-17, 2023.
Is Wastewater an Answer for Adapting to Climate Change?
Resilience: 10/1/23: Population growth and climate change are stretching America’s water supplies to the limit, and tapping new sources is becoming more difficult each year—in some cases, even impossible.
Recycling water that protects and replenishes
BBC StoryWorks: 9/28/23: In Santa Cruz County, a community gives water a second life, ensuring everyone has access to a fresh supply. A brief (5 minute) video produced by BBC StoryWorks for the PureWater Soquel project
Can Wastewater Help Us Adapt to Climate Change?
LA Progressive: 8/27/23: Treating wastewater is a powerful solution, finally gaining more public support.
What the world can learn from Africa’s ‘cradle of water reclamation’
VEZA: 8/23/23: There are already several indirect potable reuse – or IPR – facilities reclaiming water in the US and around the world. IPR uses an almost identical treatment process to DPR but for the addition of an environmental buffer, such as a lake, reservoir or groundwater aquifer, where the water sits after a first round of treatment and is diluted with a raw water supply.
Is Water Recycling the Answer to the Bay Area’s Drought Woes, Algae Blooms?
KQED, 8/22/23: When recycled for drinking, the millions of gallons of water that Bay Area residents flush down toilets and showers every day could be cleaner than the pristine Hetch Hetchy