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Apache Junction approves $815,978 Pure Water demonstration trailer to pilot direct potable reuse and public outreach
Summary
The board approved a construction agreement not to exceed $815,977.77 to build a mobile Pure Water demonstration trailer (pilot direct potable reuse) to educate the public and test treatment processes; staff said the pilot will produce 5–10 gallons per minute and is funded from water resource acquisition fees.
The Apache Junction Water District on March 18 voted unanimously to approve a construction agreement for a mobile Pure Water demonstration trailer, authorizing a not-to-exceed contract amount of $815,977.77 with Garner's Company Inc. (using a portion of the City of Scottsdale job order contract). The trailer is intended as a pilot demonstration of direct potable reuse treatment processes and as an educational outreach tool.
District staff said Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) has established a framework for direct potable reuse and that the trailer will demonstrate treatment processes at a small scale to regulators and the public. "The technology's there. We can do it. It's convincing the public that you can actually drink it," said Mike (district staff), explaining the trailer will let the public walk through the treatment train and observe…
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