Parsons to Upgrade El Segundo Water Facility

State water utility West Basin has awarded a contract to design firm Parsons to upgrade its Edward C Little Water Recycling Facility in the city of El Segundo in California, US.

West Basin will invest $60.5m in upgrading the facility as part of a plan to double the area’s recycled water production by 2020.

Under the expansion, West Basin will expand its water purification facilities – covering micro filtration, reverse osmosis and ultraviolet advanced oxidation processes – to produce an additional five million gallons of water per day for use at the seawater barrier and to refill groundwater supplies.

Other works include an ozone pre-treatment facility, irrigation water facilities and various solids-handling facilities, which will improve water quality and efficiencies.

The facility produces 30 million gallons of water per day and the expansion will increase its capacity by an additional 16 million gallons per day.