After recently receiving an extra $4 million from the EPA, the San Carlos Apache Tribe is set to build a new wastewater treatment plant.
The almost $35 million facility will replace Six Mile Lagoons, which was built in the early ‘80s. Since then, the amount of wastewater flowing in almost doubles its roughly 600,000 gallon capacity every day.
Chairman Terry Rambler said in a statement that the project is long overdue and praised the Tribe's Utility Authority for maintaining the outdated system until now.
The bulk of project funds are from the Indian Health Service, with the EPA contributing close to $6 million before the most recent allocation.
The new plant is expected to be completed in 2027.
