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Beal’s Project Blue would fund 18‑mile reclaimed line, promise ‘water positivity’ and bring $3.6B initial investment to southeast Tucson
Summary
Developers and City of Tucson officials told a packed Ward 4 meeting that Beal Infrastructure’s Project Blue would pay to extend an 18‑mile reclaimed water line, aim to replenish 100% of the project’s consumptive use, and deliver an initial $3.6 billion phase with about 180 onsite jobs; annexation and development agreements remain pending and subject to public hearings.
Developers for Project Blue told attendees at a Ward 4 community meeting that the proposed data‑center campus would be paid for largely by the private developer and would include an 18‑mile reclaimed‑water pipeline, an aquifer recharge and recreation area and commitments intended to make the project “water positive.” Carrie Sylvan, representing Beal Infrastructure, said the initial phase would be a $3.6 billion capital investment and that Project Blue has committed to replenish “drop for drop” the consumptive use associated with the facility.
The project team said the developer will design and fund the reclaimed pipeline and related recharge infrastructure “at no cost to city taxpayers” and will pay for the reclaimed water and programmatic work that replaces that water. Sylvan said draft contract language includes a water‑positivity charge currently modeled at $750 per acre‑foot and that the developer would both pay standard commercial/industrial rates and an additional water‑positivity rate to finance projects (for example, leak detection, wellhead PFAS…
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