El Paso Full Recovery Desalination® Plant

The first application of EWM’s Full Recovery Desalination® technology is being deployed in El Paso, Texas to treat brine discharged from El Paso Water Utility's (EPWU) existing brackish water desalination plant and brackish water directly from EPWU’s groundwater wells. The process is designed to remove the minerals from brine and brackish water streams and send the clean water back to EPWU for municipal water needs. The minerals are recovered as commercial grades of caustic soda, hydrochloric acid, gypsum and magnesium hydroxide. Total water recovery to EPWU is designed to approximate 99%, and further benefit EPWU by avoiding brine disposal costs and extending the life of its aquifer. 

The El Paso plant has a license to use EWM’s Full Recovery Desalination® technology and is owned/operated by a separate entity. The El Paso plant has received a lot of public interest and many municipalities in the Southwestern region of the U.S. are watching the plant’s progress.