The Bureau of Reclamation announced on January 14 funding for six projects located in the southwest United States having managed aquifer recharge (MAR) components totaling more than $87 million.
- Peoria, Arizona: Reclaimed Water Transmission Project Funding: $13,453,150. The city will design and construct wastewater treatment plant expansions, pump stations, reservoirs, groundwater recharge facilities, recovery wells, and transmission pipelines. Funding will be used for the construction of a transmission line, two water mains, and a stored water recovery well.
- Banning, California: Critical Wastewater Treatment Recycled Water Upgrades Reclamation Funding: $16,194,576. The city of Banning, located in Southern California, will upgrade its existing wastewater treatment plant to produce advanced tertiary treated recycled water. A portion of this water will be for groundwater recharge.
- Orange County Water District, California — Per and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Removal Program Reclamation Funding: $30,000,000. The Orange County Water District will treat groundwater currently contaminated with per and polyfluoroalkyl substances using an advanced water treatment process of ion exchange for the recovered groundwater.
- Palmdale Water District, California — Pure Water Antelope Valley Project Reclamation Funding: $14,000,000. Project components include a demonstration facility, advanced water purification facility, brine ponds, conveyance pipelines, and injection and production wells.
- Santa Margarita Water District, California — San Juan Watershed Project Reclamation Funding: $6,394,383. The project will enhance limited water supplies by developing, conveying, and infiltrating recycled water and stormwater into the San Juan Groundwater Basin for recharge that then will be extracted and treated for potable use.
- El Paso Water Utilities Public Service Board, Texas — Nevins Pump Station and Piping Project Reclamation Funding: $7,652,137. El Paso Water Utilities Public Service Board, located in El Paso, Texas, will complete the second and final phase of the El Paso Aquifer Storage and Recovery using the Reclaimed Water Project. The project will convey a combination of river water, desalinated impaired source water, reclaimed water, and stormwater runoff to be stored within the aquifer.
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