A joint venture of Filanc and Brown and Caldwell has been tapped as design-builder for a membrane filtration reverse osmosis facility for the City of Escondido, Calif. Construction is expected to begin in spring 2020.
After years of project-start delays due to residents’ objection to two previous locations, Escondido chose a site long slated for industrial use for the MFRO facility, its cost-constraining resolution to offset the near-capacity outfall of wastewater to the ocean. Recycled water from the Escondido Hale Avenue Resource Recovery Facility will be routed to MFRO facility, which will treat and output 2 million gallons per day for the area’s avocado farms, which produce $40 million in annual revenue, according to Escondido Growers for Agricultural Preservation.