On December 17th, 2019, I visited the City of San Marcos Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) in San Marcos, TX. This facility was first built in January 1969 and is currently permitted for a daily average flow of 9 million gallons per day (MGD). Since September 2005, Jacobs Engineering (formerly CH2MHill)… Continue reading
On November 27th, 2019, I also visited West Basin Municipal Water District (WBMWD)‘s Edward C. Little Water Recycling Facility (WRF) in El Segundo, CA. This facility is an advanced water purification facility (AWPF) similar to OCWD’s GWRS. Edward C. Little WRF produces approximately 40 million gallons per day (MGD) of… Continue reading
On November 27th, 2019, I visited Orange County Water District (OCWD)’s Groundwater Replenishment System (GWRS) in Fountain Valley, CA. I used to live and work in Fountain Valley and had visited The GWRS many times for my research project. The GWRS is the world largest advanced water purification facility (AWPF)… Continue reading
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
On August 26th, 2019, I visited the Carlsbad Desalination Plant in Carlsbad, CA as a technical tour offered during the American Chemical Society (ACS)’s National Meeting and Expo in San Diego, California. This event was organized by the ACS Committee on Environmental Improvement (CEI) as part of the meeting theme… Continue reading
On August 22nd, 2019, a new master’s student Ms. Han Gao and I visited San Antonio Water System (SAWA)‘s Brackish Groundwater Desalination Facility at H2Oaks Center (4588 Hardy Rd, Elmendorf, TX 78112) with my friend and collaborator Dr. Harshad Kulkarni (UT San Antonio). SAWS’s staff kindly gave us an excellent… Continue reading