The City of Escondido is expanding its recycled water system to reduce dependence on imported water and increase water access to agricultural users that are a vital part of Escondido’s economy.

The Membrane Filtration Reverse Osmosis Facility (MFRO) is currently under construction on West Washington Avenue and will treat the City’s existing recycled water supply through membrane filtration and reverse osmosis technologies. Once complete, this facility will produce up to four million gallons per day of recycled water with a salt concentration appropriate for irrigation of agriculture.

Part of this recycled water system includes a storage reservoir above the Mountain View area, allowing for gravity to distribute water to our agricultural users. To reach such heights, water will be pumped from the Washington Avenue MFRO Facility and boosted at a new pump station located at Mountain View Park. This new pump station will be located in the parking lot next to the tennis courts off of Glenridge Road.

The MFRO project will benefit Escondido’s residents, agricultural community and economy. In addition, new public restrooms will be built as part of this facility in Mountain View Park to benefit all park users and surrounding neighborhoods. All of the parking spaces that are impacted by this project will be replaced elsewhere in the park and there will be no impacts to the Fitness Court, ball fields or play structure during construction. The pumping equipment and motors will be housed within an enclosed concrete building. Noise emitted from the pump station will be less than 50 decibels during the day and less than 45 decibels during night, these sounds are similar to a refrigerator.

For safety, the parking lot on Glenridge Road will be temporally closed but no impacts are anticipated to traffic along Citrus Avenue. Work will be performed during the hours of 7 a.m. – 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and will start on August 30, 2021. This portion of the MFRO project is anticipated to take 18 months to complete, and will be done with as few impacts to the surrounding community and park users as possible.

The pump station will be located adjacent to the tennis courts along their east fence line as shown in the image below.

More details about this project can be found at: https://www.escondido.org/mfro-project

Questions can be directed to Randy Manns, Utilities Construction Project Manager, at: rmanns@escondido.org or 760-839-4662.

 

 

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