El Paso’s Approach to Direct Potable Reuse (DPR) Leads the Way
Date/Time
10/24/2024
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM Mountain
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM Mountain
Event Registration
Event Type(s)
TAC
Event Description
Luncheon Description:
As with many regions in the U.S., the City of El Paso located within west Texas’s Chihuahuan Desert frequently deals with drought conditions that, in recent years, have diminished local surface water resources to critical levels. To help reliably meet their communities’ water needs long into the future, El Paso Water is now embarking on an endeavor that provides a safe, drought-proof resource using reclaimed water. El Paso Water’s Advanced Water Purification Facility (AWPF) will be the first large-scale, direct-to-distribution potable reuse project in the U.S. Against population growth and an unstable surface water supply, this pioneering facility will provide up to 10 million gallons per day of purified drinking water by treating effluent from the Roberto R. Bustamante Wastewater Treatment Plant and blending it with brackish groundwater. The AWPF is over ten years in the making and construction will finally begin in early 2025. This presentation will provide an overview of the project and discuss items being incorporated into the project that will keep it at the forefront of innovation for years to come.
As with many regions in the U.S., the City of El Paso located within west Texas’s Chihuahuan Desert frequently deals with drought conditions that, in recent years, have diminished local surface water resources to critical levels. To help reliably meet their communities’ water needs long into the future, El Paso Water is now embarking on an endeavor that provides a safe, drought-proof resource using reclaimed water. El Paso Water’s Advanced Water Purification Facility (AWPF) will be the first large-scale, direct-to-distribution potable reuse project in the U.S. Against population growth and an unstable surface water supply, this pioneering facility will provide up to 10 million gallons per day of purified drinking water by treating effluent from the Roberto R. Bustamante Wastewater Treatment Plant and blending it with brackish groundwater. The AWPF is over ten years in the making and construction will finally begin in early 2025. This presentation will provide an overview of the project and discuss items being incorporated into the project that will keep it at the forefront of innovation for years to come.
Location
Setting: Live Virtual
Will provide URL to registered attendees
Will provide URL to registered attendees
Contact Person
Steve Polson
(phone: 303-748-0931)
(phone: 303-748-0931)
Details
Presenter: Sanaan Villalobos
Sanaan is the Texas Business Development Manager and a Vice President with Carollo Engineers, Inc. with 23 years of experience in civil and environmental engineering. Ms. Villalobos has served as the project manager for El Paso Water’s Advanced Water Purification Facility for the last decade as the project has been developed, piloted and designed. She serves as Vice President on the Texas WateReuse board and a Director for ACEC El Paso.
Luncheon Format and Location:
This month’s luncheon will be held virtually. Sorry, you must bring your own lunch. 😊 Instructions on how to register are in the next paragraph. The presentation will begin at 12 noon on the above date (Mountain time). The presentation will be broadcast using Microsoft Teams. Folks who have registered for the luncheon will receive an email the day before with a link to the meeting. Please be sure your microphone is muted and camera turned off when you join the meeting. The first is obvious and the latter is to reduce bandwidth required. At the end of the presentation, we will hold a Q&A session. For Q&A, please post a message in the Chat window that you have a question, and Steve will call on folks in order. You don’t have to state your question in the Chat area, but you can if you want. Otherwise just turn on your microphone when Steve calls on you.
Registration:
A registration fee of $15 is being imposed for all attendees. This is reduced from our typical registration amounts to reflect the online nature of the event. Registration and payment for TAC luncheons will be handled at: TAC Registration. Registration may be made for a single attendee or for multiple attendees in a group. It is requested that each individual in a group either register individually or are included in the count for a group registration, and that multiple parties are not partaking in the presentation without registering. If for some reason you are unable to register online, please contact Steve Polson (303-748-0931), or at steve.polson@jacobs.com, to arrange for paying with check or cash.
The registration deadline for this event is Wednesday, October 23, at COB. We will send out the link for the luncheon to the email addresses per the registration site by the end of the day on Wednesday. If you registered a group, please pass along the link to the members of your group. Please note the Teams program does not need to be installed on your computer to participate. When you click the link provided in the email, an option to participate through your browser is offered. There will also be a call-in number, but it is hoped that nobody is forced to do that, as you will only receive the audio. If you registered but do not receive the email on Wednesday, please call Steve Polson (303-748-0931) on Thursday morning to determine how to get you the link.
The program will start at 12 noon sharp. Please be sure and connect before 12 noon to avoid missing anything.
Sanaan is the Texas Business Development Manager and a Vice President with Carollo Engineers, Inc. with 23 years of experience in civil and environmental engineering. Ms. Villalobos has served as the project manager for El Paso Water’s Advanced Water Purification Facility for the last decade as the project has been developed, piloted and designed. She serves as Vice President on the Texas WateReuse board and a Director for ACEC El Paso.
Luncheon Format and Location:
This month’s luncheon will be held virtually. Sorry, you must bring your own lunch. 😊 Instructions on how to register are in the next paragraph. The presentation will begin at 12 noon on the above date (Mountain time). The presentation will be broadcast using Microsoft Teams. Folks who have registered for the luncheon will receive an email the day before with a link to the meeting. Please be sure your microphone is muted and camera turned off when you join the meeting. The first is obvious and the latter is to reduce bandwidth required. At the end of the presentation, we will hold a Q&A session. For Q&A, please post a message in the Chat window that you have a question, and Steve will call on folks in order. You don’t have to state your question in the Chat area, but you can if you want. Otherwise just turn on your microphone when Steve calls on you.
Registration:
A registration fee of $15 is being imposed for all attendees. This is reduced from our typical registration amounts to reflect the online nature of the event. Registration and payment for TAC luncheons will be handled at: TAC Registration. Registration may be made for a single attendee or for multiple attendees in a group. It is requested that each individual in a group either register individually or are included in the count for a group registration, and that multiple parties are not partaking in the presentation without registering. If for some reason you are unable to register online, please contact Steve Polson (303-748-0931), or at steve.polson@jacobs.com, to arrange for paying with check or cash.
The registration deadline for this event is Wednesday, October 23, at COB. We will send out the link for the luncheon to the email addresses per the registration site by the end of the day on Wednesday. If you registered a group, please pass along the link to the members of your group. Please note the Teams program does not need to be installed on your computer to participate. When you click the link provided in the email, an option to participate through your browser is offered. There will also be a call-in number, but it is hoped that nobody is forced to do that, as you will only receive the audio. If you registered but do not receive the email on Wednesday, please call Steve Polson (303-748-0931) on Thursday morning to determine how to get you the link.
The program will start at 12 noon sharp. Please be sure and connect before 12 noon to avoid missing anything.
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