Camarillo's long-awaited desalter plant will soon begin treating previously unusable groundwater to convert into drinkable water for residents and businesses.
The city unveiled the $66.3 million North Pleasant Valley Groundwater Desalter, located at 2727 Somis Road, at a ribbon cutting before a crowd of about 100 people on Tuesday.
The desalter will begin trickling water into the city's water supply in April, slowly increasing its output until its providing 3.4 million gallons of potable water per day, according to Lucie McGovern, Camarillo deputy public works director and project manager.
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First, the city needs to ensure the filters are operating properly and gain final approval from the state to begin distributing water to ratepayers. McGovern anticipates the facility to be fully operational by the summer.
"We still have to test the waters," Camarillo Mayor Charlotte Craven said at the event. "Flood gates opened. A tidal wave of prerequisites surged through, and the 27-year trudge continued with an ocean of start up requirements.”
The reverse osmosis desalter will tap into about 6 million gallons of brackish groundwater a day from the Calleguas Creek watershed, removing iron and manganese, McGovern said. The desalter will then produce about 3.4 million gallons of potable water, enough to fill about 200 backyard swimming pools, she said. That equals about 40% of Camarillo's overall water...
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