Learning Lab with Young Leaders Society
Thu, Jul 24
|El Paso Water’s TecH20 Learning Center
Join YLS in exploring the world's largest inland desalination plant - MEMBERS ONLY
Time & Location
Jul 24, 2025, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
El Paso Water’s TecH20 Learning Center, 10751 Montana Ave, El Paso, TX 79935, USA
About the Event
MEMBERS ONLY EVENT: El Paso is home to the world's largest inland desalination plant. El Paso has vast brackish (salty) groundwater resources that were previously unusable. The Kay Bailey Hutchison (KBH) Desalination Plant filters out the salts and creates a new supply of water.
A joint project of El Paso Water and Fort Bliss, El Paso's desalination plant can produce up to 27.5 million gallons of fresh water daily. In addition to providing a fresh water supply, the plant provides other important benefits.
Desalination doubles as a comprehensive water treatment technology, removing salts along other potential pollutants.
The wells from which water is pumped for desalination are strategically placed to slow or prevent brackish water intrusion toward freshwater wells.
Desalination is a critical water strategy needed to enable growth of both El Paso and Fort Bliss.
The plant serves as a learning center for desalination research and a model for other inland cities facing diminishing supplies of fresh water.
This event is open to YLS members only. Capacity is limited.
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