Scottsdale Water Awarded $1.5M Sustainability Grant

SCOTTSDALE, AZ — Scottsdale was awarded a a $1.5 million grant in federal funds for a sustainable mission meant to maintain town’s water provide.

Scottsdale Water, town’s water and sewer utility, obtained the WaterSMART Water and Power Effectivity Grant from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to assist town’s long-term water provide sustainability program, town mentioned in a information launch.

The grant cash will assist the development of Scottsdale’s Aquifer Storage and Restoration Properly Subject Mission, which can permit town to recharge among the Colorado River water it is allotted into aquifers. Aquifers assist to comprise and transmit floor water.

“Scottsdale Water has an extended historical past of performing strategically to enhance the sustainability of our water assets,” Scottsdale Water Government Director Brian Ok. Biesemeyer mentioned in a press release. “This substantial WaterSMART grant is recognition of the significance of groundwater safety and our dedication to renewable water assets as we search to make sure Scottsdale’s long-term water provide sustainability.”

The nicely discipline mission consists of the development of 4 completely different wells within the subsequent 4 years. The 2021 federal funds will particularly assist the development of a nicely close to the Scottsdale Sports activities Advanced that can ultimately produce 3,200 to 4,000 acre ft of water per 12 months. In keeping with Scottsdale Water, one acre foot can meet the water wants of two households of 4 for one 12 months.

Scottsdale’s groundwater recharge efforts have existed for roughly 25 years and has recharged over 75 billion gallons of water in Arizona aquifers to this point, town mentioned. Numerous the recharge has been performed outdoors of town, so the brand new nicely fields will permit Scottsdale to retailer water inside its limits in case of an emergency or drought.

“This grant award is a testomony to the exhausting work put in daily by our Scottsdale Water professionals and to the foresight of our metropolis management to spend money on infrastructure that places Scottsdale on the forefront of water utility know-how,” Biesemeyer added.