Arizona Water

Advanced purified wastewater to enter Valley drinking water around 2031

Scottsdale’s advanced water purification system will be able to produce about 10 million gallons of water to be added directly to the city’s drinking water between 2029 and 2031.

(Courtesy City of Scottsdale)

Advanced purified water, which is the process to clean wastewater, is cleaner than bottled water, according to Scottsdale Water Quality Director Suzanne Grendahl.

(Courtesy Arizona Department of Environmental Quality)

It’s not news that large parts of the West’s water supply are drying up vis-a-vis the Colorado River.

A prolonged drought and rising temperatures have reduced lakes Powell and Mead, major reservoirs along the Colorado River that serve Arizona, to 29% and 32% full respectively as of Oct. 5, according to the website of the Central Arizona Project.

Experts agree overconsumption of the river’s dwindling resources is a big contributor to the problem of diminishing supply.

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