el paso on verge of implementing potable reuse process

The City of El Paso is hoping to secure funding for the design of an innovative potable reuse facility that could process up to 10 million gallons a day.

Planning for the project comes on the heels of a potable reuse system project, otherwise known as a closed-loop water system, that was operated in the city on an experimental basis for nearly a year in 2016.

It is thought that such a system, which reclaims sewerage water for use as water for drinking and other purposes, could easily process some 10 million gallons a day.

As proposed, the project has already received permit approval from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

Officials with El Paso Water, the city’s water utility, who have said that such a process could be up and running within the decade, and have also estimated that it would likely cost more than $100 million to build a water purification facility.

Efforts to secure federal funding for the facility’s construction are currently underway.

By Garry Boulard

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