A custom designed Living Machine system will provide on-site wastewater treatment and water reuse for the new facility at the Otay Mesa Land Port of Entry using its advanced wetland system, composed of three different wetland processes treating up to 1,500 gallons of wastewater per day.
The system uses alternating anaerobic and aerobic cycles to cleanse high-strength sewage within a small footprint in energy efficient and cost-effective manner to produce clear water capable of being reused for a variety of functions.
Design Workshop, a landscape architecture firm, along with Tate Snyder Kimsey, an architecture firm based in Nevada, will help integrate Living Machine system into the landscape and site design along the pedestrian walkway into the US.
The system, which will host a variety of flora and fauna, will receive wastewater below the surface in watertight cells and pore spaces between rock particles to eliminate smell, mosquitoes, or human exposure and provide treated water for on-site irrigation in this low precipitation area.
Worrell senior vice president Will Kirksey said that the Living Machine system is perfectly matched for buildings in water scarce areas since it is a sustainable, ecological process for turning a building’s wastewater into high quality water for re-use within and around the building.
