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McAllen Public Utility heavy-equipment operator Manuel Peña Jr. (left) and lift station operator Andres Zamora flush out a sewer line with a Vactor 2100i jet/vac truck. (Photography by Verónica G. Cárdenas)
McAllen Public Utility believes in second chances. Specifically, the south Texas community is fully committed to the notion that wastewater shouldn’t be wasted as a resource.
In 2020, the utility broadened its vision and applied the principle to a new category of reclaimed water...
