SAWS Desalination Opens. 5 Key Pieces of Info.

San Antonio Water System opened a new H2Oaks Center, a desalination facility, on January 27th which will:

• Pull water from the salty Wilcox Aquifer
• The Wilcox aquifer, desalinated water, will be mixed with:
  • Fresh water from the Carrizo Aquifer
  • And with SAWS’s underground water reserves
• Will produce an extra 12 million gallons of water per day
• Will produce enough water for 53,000 homes
• This phase of the H2Oaks facility began construction in 2014 with a cost of $197 million

Texas Public Radio | SAWS Opens New Water Desalination Plant