Clark County Water Reclamation District details $1.8 billion, 15-year CIP and septic-conversion pilot

Tom Minwigan of the Clark County Water Reclamation District told the County Commission on June 3 that the district is advancing a broad capital improvements program, a septic‑conversion pilot funded in part by ARPA and a wastewater surveillance program used as a public‑health early warning system.

"The water reclamation district is the largest discharge on the Colorado River. We are the largest wastewater collection system and treatment plant in the state of Nevada," Minwigan said, describing the district's scope and mission. He said the district serves more than 274,000 accounts and more than 1.4 million people, including tourists from the Las Vegas Strip, and employs roughly 375 people.

Sean Mullis, deputy general manager for engineering and construction, presented the district's capital improvement program (CIP): a 15‑year plan broken into five‑year increments with an aggressive near‑term focus on capacity expansion at the Flamingo Wastewater Treatment Plant. Mullis said the district invested about $1.2 billion over the previous 10 years and is budgeting about $1.1 billion for…