FPUD to add capacity to Water Reclamation Plant

The Fallbrook Public Utility District (FPUD) will be adding capacity to its Water Reclamation Plant to accommodate the expansion of its recycled water pipeline infrastructure.

A 5-0 FPUD board vote Dec. 12 awarded a $96,400 contract to Cortech Engineering, Inc., for the procurement of a vertical lineshaft pump and variable frequency drive which will increase the delivery system capacity at FPUD's treatment plant.

"In the past year, year and a half, we've extended the recycled water system," said FPUD general manager Brian Brady. "Now we need larger pumping capacity to deliver that."

In May 201...