After years of planning, environmental review and engineering design, the Carpinteria Sanitary District is now on the threshold of a major project that includes construction of an advanced water purification facility capable of producing over one million gallons of potable water every day. Capturing and reusing this valuable resource, which would otherwise be discharged to the Pacific Ocean, is an important piece of our long-term water supply puzzle locally.   This novel water resiliency project, referred to as the Carpinteria Advanced Purification Project, or CAPP, is being developed through a partnership between the Carpinteria Valley Water District and the Carpinteria Sanitary District. … Although CAPP may sound like a drop in the proverbial bucket, delivering just 1,200-acre feet of purified water per year — less than 1/1,000th of the statewide goal — it will meet 25% of Carpinteria Valley Water District’s total demand.