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Spanish company to build Baja California’s first large desal plant; El Salitral facility in Ensenada would supply some 96,000 residents

Posted by: Maven on September 6, 2011 at 7:16 am

From the San Diego Union-Tribune:

“A Spanish company has been selected to build and operate Baja California's first large-scale desalination plant, a reverse osmosis facility that is expected to supply drinking water to more than 96,000 people in Ensenada.

Efraín Muñoz, head of the Baja California State Water Commission, said in an interview on Friday that OHL Medio Ambiente Inima this week was awarded the contract to design, build and operate the $41.5-million plant.

The plant's planned capacity is for 5.7 million gallons a day, and is expected to begin operating by the end of 2013. Inima built and operates the Los Cabos reverse osmosis desalination plant, currently Mexico's largest, with a capacity for five million gallons a day. … “

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September 6, 2011 · Filed Under Desalination

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