On October 31st, 2019, I visited Colorado River Municipal Water District (CRMWD)’s Raw Water Production Facility (RWPF) in Big Spring, TX. The RWPF started its operation in 2013 as the nation’s first direct potable reuse (DPR) plant. Biologically treated wastewater from the City of Big Spring Wastewater Treatment Plant is… Continue reading
I visited El Paso Water‘s Kay Bailey Hutchison Desalination Plant in El Paso, TX on October 30th, 2019. This plant is the largest brackish groundwater desalination facility in the United States with a total capacity of 27.5 million gallons per day (MGD). There are five 2-stage RO skids, each of… Continue reading
I visited the City of Alamogordo Brackish Water Treatment Facility in Alamogordo, NM on October 29th, 2019. It is a brand-new brackish groundwater desalination facility with a capacity of 1 million gallons per day (MGD), which can be expanded to 4 MGD. There are two RO skids. An evaporation pond… Continue reading
I was invited to give a presentation at the Brackish Groundwater National Desalination Research Facility (BGNDRF)‘s 2nd Annual WIN Workshop on October 28th and 29th, 2019. BGNDRF is a research facility of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and is located in beautiful Alamogordo, NM. During my presentation, I gave an… Continue reading
Ikehata Lab @ Texas State is up & running!