The $1 billion desalination project includes three main components: the desalination plant which includes pretreatment filters, a post treatment facility, chemical storage area, a solid handling building, a 3.4 million gallon (MG) product water storage tank, a booster pump station, a reverse osmosis building, and associated improvements including retaining wall, screen walls, road widening, parking area, and landscaping, a 10-mile pipeline that connects to the Water Authority’s regional distribution system; and upgrades to Water Authority facilities for distributing desalinated seawater throughout the region.
