The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality published draft rules Monday for utilities and cities to filter sewage water into drinking water.
ADEQ Deputy Director Randall Matas says the technology has gotten to the point where that water is more pure than treated ground or surface water.
But a survey found that about 25% of people were somewhat or not at all likely to drink water from the so-called “advanced water purification” process.
Matas says it could also be more expensive, especially as facilities get up and running with the technology.
But Phoenix Water Services Director Troy Hayes says there would also be a cost to not expanding Arizona’s water sources, especially as its allocation from the Colorado River is reduced.
Final approval of the rules could be in by the end of the year.
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Arizona and the six other states that use the Colorado River do not have a new plan to share the shrinking water supply. -
Arizona and six other Western states that use the Colorado River appear poised to miss a deadline for a new water-sharing deal. -
Arizona’s water future depends on negotiations over Colorado River water that are coming to a head right now. -
Tucson City Council meetings were packed with residents protesting Project Blue data center residents were concerned about excessive energy and water use. -
The seven Colorado River basin states have less than a week until a deadline to put forward a plan for how to divide up water in the over-allocated river.
