Santee Water Purification Project Could Provide 3 Million Gallons Per Day

Santee's Padre Dam Municipal Water District is taking new steps in a water purification project that could soon provide up to three million gallons of water a day for East County residents.

A groundbreaking ceremony will be held Monday for the water purification project.

The demonstration project will last for a year and take waste water through a four-step advanced water treatment.

During that treatment, the project will produce around 100,000 gallons of purified water each day for testing.

If after that trial year the project is deemed a success, the water will then be injected into the Santee groundwater basin to be naturally filtered then treated again before it’s sent out as drinking water.

Project managers say this could provide up to three million gallons of water a day for East County customers.

The Helix Water District, City of El Cajon and San Diego County are all looking into a bigger East County Water Purification Program that could work to produce 10 million gallons of water per day.

The groundbreaking is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. at the Ray Stoyer Water Recycling Facility in Santee.
 

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