5E West is developing three connected plants on one 80-acre site in Grantsville, Utah. Contaminated water and landfill-bound trash go in. Drinking water, sustainable aviation fuel and diesel come out.
Grantsville sits at the south end of the Great Salt Lake in Tooele County, on the interstate that links the Wasatch Front to Nevada.
Burmester Road runs south from the interchange to East Industrial Park Drive. The site is near the new Port Authority rail transload site.
The water plant, the aviation fuel plant and the diesel plant share one parcel, so heat, power, sorting and rail and truck receiving can be shared too.
Parcels, roads, rail and water: Utah Geospatial Resource Center
Wells in the Vernal and Altamont areas bring up salty, oily water along with their crude. It is too contaminated for towns or farms, so most of it is pumped back underground.
gallons of produced water a day, at 42 gallons a barrel
gallons a year, about what East Canyon Reservoir takes in during an average year
roughly where water boils under the water plant's vacuum, so waste heat can distill it
Each plant takes a waste stream someone now pays to bury or reinject, and sells its product into a different market.
Pure water from water nobody can use.
3,000,000gallons of water a day, planned
Jet fuel from paper and cardboard, made with solar power.
Fuel intended for flights at Salt Lake International Airport
Clean diesel from what is left in the trash.
Diesel for Utah industry as California refineries close
100+
tank cars of produced water a day, planned for the water plant: about 3,000,000 gallons.
Built side by side, the plants trade heat, share a sorting line and use one rail and truck yard. One plant's leftovers become another's feedstock.
Our vision: changing paths from landfill waste to economic and energy independence for Grantsville, Utah, and clean water for the children of the world.
The target for every plant on the site.
No toxins, poisons or carcinogens into the air, water or earth.
Returns for investors, jobs and a revenue base for the community.
Crops grown between and under the solar collectors, with walkways and trails for residents.
Each plant is its own project entity, so capital is tied to one project. With three products in three markets, no single price carries the site.
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