El Paso Water broke ground on the first U.S. facility that will treat wastewater for direct re-use in a city water supply, using a four-step process to transform wastewater into clean, potable drinking water.

The first direct potable reuse plant in the world opened in 1968 in Namibia, southern Africa’s driest country. The New Goreangab Wastewater Reclamation Plant replaced the original facility in 2002. The technology is poised to grow in the U.S. as southwestern states contend with aridification and growing populations.

Construction to start on $295 million El Paso Water plant that will purify sewage for new drinking water suppy to augment Rio Grande.

When it opens in 2028, the advanced filtration plant will supply 10 million gallons a day, the first in the country to convert wastewater directly into drinking water.

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El Paso Water (EPWater), a municipal utility, has initiated construction on the Pure Water Center, previously called the Advanced Water Purification Facility, in Texas, US. The project is aimed at providing 'sustainable,