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Prescott Valley outlines pilot recharge, PFAS treatment and pipeline plans to protect water supply
Summary
Town staff described a package of water projects including a pilot test of Parzana infiltration technology, a PFAS treatment project for Quailwood wells with a largely forgivable WIFA loan, and a 16-inch pipeline to add redundancy between Pronghorn/Stone Ridge and lower Prescott Valley.
Prescott Valley town officials on Tuesday detailed several water projects intended to preserve local groundwater and address emerging contaminants while increasing system redundancy. Utilities Director Neil Wadsworth described a pilot recharge study using “Parzana” infiltration elements, a planned PFAS treatment system for affected wells in the Quailwood area, and a planned 16-inch pipeline to connect the upper and lower portions of the town’s distribution system.
The Parzana pilot will test two closely matched basins — one control basin and one basin fitted with long infiltration elements — to measure whether the devices increase vertical infiltration through the area’s clay soils. “We’re going to build an identical basin, and we’re going to put this … into the bottom of the basin,” Wadsworth said. The town plans monthly fills…
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