Construction on the new East County Advanced Water Purification facility is well underway. When completed, it will turn 15 million gallons of wastewater into purified water for people in Lakeside, Santee, El Cajon and the surrounding areas. The $950 million facility is being built with 10 million pounds of reinforcing steel, enough concrete to fill 16 Olympic-sized swimming pools, and tanks and basins big enough to hold 3 million cubic feet of water. Eventually, it will pump out 11.5 million gallons of purified water a day. “This project will create a new, local, and sustainable drinking water supply that is uninterruptible and available to us both dry and wet seasons,” said Rebecca Abbott, Engineering Manager for Advanced Water Purification. FULL STORY: https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/wastewater-tap-water-east-county-residents/509-37bb3216-5702-4936-bff1-bc7e2bf8d42b