FACILITY TOURS Attendees can add to their Texas WaterTM 2022 experience by registering for one of the three Thursday morning tours. Tour tickets are in addition to conference registration and include transportation. Cost is $30 if purchased by March 11; $35 thereafter. A limited number of tickets may be available for purchase on-site. Choose one of the three tours that will leave from the Henry B. González Convention Center at 8:30 a.m. Thursday morning: Option 1: SAWS Agua Vista Station - SOLD OUT San Antonio Water System’s Agua Vista Station was commissioned in 2020. This $70 million water treatment plant, which delivers 50,000 acre-feet of water per year (approximately 45 MGD) and serves up to 20% of the utility’s customers, is the cornerstone of integrating the Vista Ridge Regional Water Supply into the SAWS water distribution system. The water supply is a blend of two sand aquifers in Burleson County, Texas, over 140 miles away. The Agua Vista Station provides treatment of the incoming supply to ensure compatibility with SAWS’ primary supply from the limestone Edwards Aquifer. The plant has a unique hydraulic profile that makes beneficial use of static head available from the Vista Ridge transmission system; water passes through the treatment process without supplemental pumping, and approximately 80% of the treated water is conveyed by gravity into the SAWS water distribution system. Tour highlights include breathtaking cityscape views from the top of the lime storage silos and a state-of-the-art on-site hypochlorite generation facility. Tour is limited to 25 attendees. Participants should wear comfortable clothes and close-toed shoes.
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Option 2: SAWS Medio Creek Water Recycling Center San Antonio Water System’s Medio Creek Water Recycling Center (WRC) is an extended aeration wastewater treatment facility with an average day capacity of 16 million gallons per day (MGD) that serves the growing Far West Side of San Antonio. The tour will showcase how the original plant constructed in phases beginning in 1972 works in parallel with the “new” plant commissioned in 2009. Tour highlights will include the recently upgraded tertiary filtration and ultraviolet disinfection facilities as well as the upstream facilities, including the influent lift station, headworks, carrousel aeration basins and secondary clarifiers. Tour is limited to 25 attendees. Participants should wear comfortable clothes and close-toed shoes.
