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McAllen, Texas – McAllen Public Utility (MPU) celebrated the ribbon cutting ceremony for its North Wastewater Treatment Plant, located at 2100 W. Sprague, on Thursday, February 28, 2019.
MPU has invested $8.3 million to install wastewater treatment facilities, as well as pumping and conveyance piping necessary to provide Type 1 reclaimed water to a large area in northwest McAllen.
The facilities installed at the North Wastewater Treatment Plant (
Below a photo gallery of the North Wastewater Treatment Plant:
Wastewater is the potable water supply of a community after it has been used in homes, businesses, and industries and has been contaminated by use. Wastewater treatment utilizes a combination of processes which alter and reduce the contaminants and removes them from the water, accelerating the natural processes by which water can be purified.
The project also includes over four miles of 12-inch to 16-inch diameter reclaimed water transmission pipe which will deliver Type 1 water to the Master Planned Community of Tres Lagos and to the now Texas A&M University campus in McAllen, as well as the recently completed City of McAllen Youth Baseball Complex along 29th Street.
The water will be used for landscape irrigation within the residential and surrounding communities. Filling hydrants have also been installed allowing MPU to provide reclaimed water for use in construction-related activities such as dust control.
MPU is leading the way by becoming one of the first utility providers to provide a large scale residential reclaimed water service, thus helping to conserve millions of gallons of potable water a year.
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