On April 16, 2019, the Santa Barbara City Council will act on the city Water Commission's recommendation that the El Estero Wastewater Treatment Plant be renamed El Estero Water Resource Center. As a result of HTO’s recommendation during the Water Commission’s February 15, 2018 meeting, the name change was approved by the Commission on March 28,2019 and will next be taken up by City Council. The name change reflects the expanded role of wastewater management, in that the facilities have a much larger role than in the past in relation to recovering water resources and protecting the environment. The Goleta Sanitary District changed its name to Goleta Sanitary Water Resource Recovery District last year and together with the Goleta Water District are recycling water for landscape irrigation to the tune of saving up to 300 million gallons of potable water annually.