Reservoirs can be shared between multiple desalination plants, and in many cases this approach is encouraged because it improves efficiency and reduces costs. A shared reservoir acts as a central storage point, receiving water from two or more plants and supplying a common distribution network. This setup allows utilities to balance production across facilities, if one plant is offline for maintenance, the reservoir can still be filled by another, ensuring uninterrupted supply.
Sharing also helps optimize capacity utilization. Instead of each plant needing its own large reservoir, a single, strategically placed storage facility can serve the combined output, reducing land use, construction expenses, and long-term maintenance costs. It can also simplify water quality management, since operators only need to monitor and maintain one reservoir rather than several smaller ones.
