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McAllen public utility prepares $300 million desalination project to expand regional water supply
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City Manager Ike Tewell said McAllen Public Utility will begin construction of test wells and advance a roughly $300 million desalination project intended to supply continuous water to McAllen and neighboring municipalities.
McAllen City Manager Ike Tewell told a business audience that the city’s public utility is preparing a roughly $300 million desalination project intended to provide supplemental and continuous water supplies for McAllen and neighboring communities.
Tewell said the first stage includes city commission approval of funding and the start of construction for test wells. “The public utility is working on a $300,000,000 water desalination project,” he said, adding…
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