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A new water vending station is coming to South-Central El Paso.
Watermill Express offers 24-hour vending stations that provide filtered water and ice in a variety of sizes. The company estimates that a family of four using water vending stations would eliminate over 6,500 single-use water bottles and save over $600 annually.
A new Watermill Express machine will replace an old one in the parking lot of Fox Plaza Shopping Center in South-Central El Paso.
Watermill Express currently operates nearly 1,300 sites across eight states, with Texas boasting the most locations.
Where is it?
The new Watermill Express site will be located at 5597 Alameda Ave. in the Fox Plaza Shopping Center parking lot in South-Central El Paso, according to the city’s permit and licensing page.
There is a wide array of shopping options in the Fox Plaza Shopping Center, including shops selling jewelry, flowers, cellphones and clothing, as well as a variety of food trucks. Across the street is a Food King grocery store, and nearby there is a McDonald’s and a Peter Piper Pizza.
What was there before?
The new Watermill Express site will be a new construction on the site of an older Watermill Express location.
Plans call for the complete removal of the old vending machine and a new prefabricated, standalone site to be located on two rented parking spaces in the shopping center parking lot. Existing utilities will be disconnected and reconnected.
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The Watermill Express vending machine is shipped in from the company’s headquarters in Colorado, already inspected, approved and stamped by the state.
Who is the contractor?
The contractor for the project is not listed on the city’s website, but the applicant is Ashley Hayes of Watermill Express in Brighton, Colorado. The owner is listed as RECAL Fox Plaza LTD.
The project is valued at $30,000.
Adam Powell covers government and politics for the El Paso Times and can be reached via email at apowell@elpasotimes.com.
This article originally appeared on El Paso Times: New Watermill Express station to replace old one in South-Central El Paso