Phoenix wins $179 million federal grant for North Gateway advanced water purification facility

PHOENIX — Phoenix will receive $179,000,000 in federal funding to design and build the North Gateway Advanced Water Purification Facility, Mayor Kate Gallego announced at a public event with U.S. Rep. Greg Stanton and Vice Mayor Anne O'Brien.

The money comes from federal programs the speakers tied to the Inflation Reduction Act and other recent infrastructure laws. "After years of work by an enormous group of people, many of whom are in this room, we were able to secure a $179,000,000 investment in our water security," Gallego said.

The grant will support an advanced water purification plant in northwestern Phoenix that city officials said will augment the municipal supply by nearly 7,000,000 gallons of purified water a day when it is operating. Gallego and other speakers said two planned purified-water sites together will yield about 14,000 acre-feet of potable water — the city’s estimate — and that the project will relieve pressure on Colorado River supplies.

"This facility will be constructed in the Northwestern part of the city, the Vice Mayor's…