The City of Alice, Texas and Seven Seas Water Group, a multi-national provider of Water-as-a-Service® (WaaS®) solutions, have executed a contract for the construction of a Public-Private Partnership brackish water desalination plant to provide fresh drinking water to the residents of the City of Alice, Texas. This is the first Public-Private Partnership to construct a brackish water treatment plant in the state of Texas. Seven Seas Water Group will finance, design, build, operate and maintain a Brackish Water Reverse Osmosis (BWRO) plant on land owned by the city.
Seven Seas Water Group CSO, Henry Charrabé said: “We are elated to begin construction on this important project with the City of Alice. Our Water-as-a-Service® solution will insure a reliable and affordable source of water for the city. We are proud to provide a new source of fresh, drinking water for the citizens that is effective and cost efficient. This model of a public-private partnership is the blueprint to help resolve the water and wastewater infrastructure challenges and backlog in the United States. We very much look forward to installing our first Texas BWRO plant.”
Alice City Manager, Michael Esparza said: “The Seven Seas Water Group WaaS® approach offers an all-inclusive service package with no upfront capital investment, removing the unnecessary burden on taxpayers. We are pleased with the final contract and the price and solution offered by Seven Seas Water Group to provide clean water for our community.”
Quick Facts:
- Initial production capacity of three million gallons per day (MGD) with expansion options;
- Seven Seas Water Group is responsible for the financing, design, construction, operations and maintenance of the plant;
- Seven Seas Water Group will deliver fresh drinking water in volumes and quality dictated by the city;
- The plant will be located on land owned by the City of Alice;
- At the end of the 16.5-year contract term, the city will assume ownership of the plant in a guaranteed state of condition;
- It is anticipated that the plant will be fully operational in 18 months.
Less than one year ago, Seven Seas Water Group also announced its acquisition of a 20 MGD conventional water treatment plant system in Panama, serving a population of approximately 420,000 residents. The Seven Seas Water Group’s performance has proven to be strongly resilient, with no material impacts to operations or production of water despite the COVID 19 pandemic. Over the past year, revenues of the Seven Seas Water Group have increased significantly, as the company continues to be the partner of choice in delivering safe, reliable, and efficient water solutions to its customers.
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