Turning recycled water into a reliable irrigation supply for local agriculture.
Project Type
Water Treatment
Constructed Value
$65 MillionDelivery Method
Progressive Design-BuildArchitect/Engineer
Brown and CaldwellThe challenge
Providing a dependable irrigation supply for local growers while reducing demand on potable water required the City of Escondido to convert tertiary effluent from the Hale Avenue Resource Recovery Facility into water suitable for agriculture. Achieving irrigation-quality water meant treating recycled water to remove salts that can impact crops such as avocados. The project also required developing the infrastructure needed to store and deliver reclaimed water to agricultural users beyond the treatment facility.
Awards
ASCE Award for Outstanding Water Project
Challenge met
Filanc delivered the Membrane Filtration/Reverse Osmosis Facility for Agriculture through a progressive design-build partnership with Brown and Caldwell. The project included construction of a 30,000-square-foot treatment building housing membrane filtration and reverse osmosis treatment systems designed to produce approximately 2 million gallons per day of irrigation-quality water. That water is blended with additional recycled water to provide up to 4 million gallons per day for agricultural use.
Filanc also constructed two glass-lined bolted steel storage tanks, a product water pump station with vertical turbine pumps and an off-site booster station that conveys reclaimed water through the distribution system. Additional improvements included chemical feed systems, electrical and control rooms and a photovoltaic system that supports plant operations. The completed facility converts recycled wastewater into a dependable irrigation supply that supports local agriculture while reducing demand on potable water resources.
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