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Global Water reports infrastructure upgrades, three‑phase rate increase and assured‑supply designation
Summary
Global Water presented its 2024 annual report to the Town of Sahuarita council covering capital projects, an advanced metering grant, planned 2025 work and a three‑phase rate increase after regulatory approval; the company also reported it received a designation of assured water supply.
Global Water officials told the Town of Sahuarita mayor and council that the utility completed several infrastructure projects in 2024, is deploying advanced metering and control upgrades, and will phase in a three‑stage rate increase this year and next after a regulatory approval.
The company’s regional manager, Eric Birkett, and John Corwin, vice president and general manager for Global Water, presented the Farmers Water System and the Global Water Saguaro District annual update and said the Farmers system serves about 3,500 connections and is organized as four public water systems, three inside Sahuarita and one in Green Valley.
The presentation outlined 2024 work — including updated SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) at 10 locations, generator installation at a distribution campus that experienced nine to ten power outages during monsoon season, purchase of a Vactor trailer to speed leak response, leasing 8,000 square feet at the Samtec facility, and completed master planning that incorporates local…
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