The City is investing over $150 million to construct the Signal Butte Water Treatment Plant, which will add an additional 24 million gallons per day (MGD) of pumping capacity to the area by Summer 2018.
In addition, a $200 million expansion of the existing Greenfield Water Reclamation Plant will also enhance wastewater capacity in the area by 14 MGD, bringing the total plant capacity to 30 MGD.
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Blogger Note: Please see farther on in this post for related content, including a report from the Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting
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On top of the $150,000,000 for SBWTP and the $200,000,000 for the GWTP, take a look>
As you can see in the infographic to the right, the taxpayer burden for costs in the City of Mesa's FY17/18 Wastewater Treatment Bond Projects in this fiscal year's budget amount to $45,3000,000 > 23.9%.
Together with the costs of water at $80,9000,000 (42.5%) they consume 2/3 or 66.3% of the entire Budget Pie.
Wastewater costs more than 2X as much as the total amount spent on Parks and 5x as much as money spent on Electric.
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Abundant Water and Waste Water Capacity – The City of Mesa maintains a substantial water and wastewater infrastructure network in the Zone, and is continuing to expand to accommodate for future industry growth.
The City is investing over $150 million to construct the Signal Butte Water Treatment Plant, which will add an additional 24 million gallons per day (MGD) of pumping capacity to the area by Summer 2018.
In addition, a $200 million expansion of the existing Greenfield Water Reclamation Plant will also enhance wastewater capacity in the area by 14 MGD, bringing the total plant capacity to 30 MGD.
http://www.mesaaz.gov/business/economic-development/business-districts-maps/mesa-gateway-area/pecos-advanced-manufacturing-zone
Major Employers
- Bridgestone Americas – R&D facility conducting research and developing manufacturing process to produce rubber from the Guayule plant
- CMC Steel – Micro steel mill producing rebar from recycled steel
- CRM Rubber – Producer and supplier of crumb rubber to the asphalt industry. Largest crumb rubber producer in the western U.S.
- FUJIFILM – Manufacturer of chemicals for the semiconductor industry
- Matheson TriGas – Producer and supplier of industrial gasses used in manufacturing industries such as steel, fabrication, medical, water treatment, semiconductors, chemicals and food freezing
- Metso – Provider of industrial equipment repair and field services for the mining, aggregates, and process industries
- Mitsubishi Gas Chemical – manufacturer of chemicals for the semiconductor industry
- TRW Vehicle Safety Systems – Manufacturer of airbag components
The response included why the city put the ordinance on the agenda: actions about monitoring, measuring and reporting toxic emissions taken by ADEQ (see link below)
Here's the 10:42 video of that 'study session' uploaded to YouTube by Mesa Channel 11 - other than very few members of the public in attendance in the Lower Chambers, only 19 viewers have bothered to watch:
The industrial manufacturing facilities are located by the red locator pints clustered in the bottom right where you can see areas of former irrigated agricultural lands close to the former Williams Air Base.
In 1989 the former airbase was slated for clean-up of contaminated hazardous wastes. (See more information below)
It's NOT a non-issue then or now.
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Request for Stakeholder Input
ADEQ seeks your input on one or both of the following topics:
- Appropriate Reporting Threshold: Rule 327 requires facilities that emit over 2.5 tons per year facility wide to report all emissions, which could be interpreted as requiring reporting for all emission units, no matter how small the emission rate.
- For example, a permitted source could be found to be violating Rule 327 if they failed to account for an emission source that emitted less than 0.1 lbs over the previous year. At what point should ADEQ consider emission units to be de minimis?
- Appropriate Accuracy Threshold: For emissions that are reported, Rule 327 does not specify an appropriate accuracy level.
- For example, should a source be expected to report 50 tons per year or 50.07 tons per year or 50.074 tons per year? At what point should ADEQ consider the result of an emission calculation accurate?
Michael Burton, Environmental Science Specialist III,
Burton.Michael@azdeq.gov 602-771-4562
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[see below]
(Groundwater contains VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (VOCS) and nitrates. Soils contain various VOCS from past disposal practices. Accidental ingestion of contaminated soil and groundwater is a potential health hazard.)
| File #: | 18-0266 |
| Type: | Ordinance | Status: | Agenda Ready |
| In control: | City Council |
| On agenda: | 3/19/2018 |
| Title: | Amending Title 8, Chapter 4, Section 15 “Prohibited Substances and Discharge Limitations” of the Mesa City Code, a part of the Sanitary Sewer Regulations, to include a provision regarding establishment of wastewater discharge pollutant mass limitations for industrial users. (Citywide) |
| Attachments: | 1. Council Report, 2. Ordinance |
COUNCIL REPORT:
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Williams Air Force Base (WAFB) covers 4,127 acres approximately 30 miles southeast of Phoenix, Arizona, in Maricopa County, near Chandler. The base is surrounded by irrigated farmland or desert. Since the base was constructed in 1941, it has served as a training facility, primarily pilot training. Industrial activities at WAFB have included heavy maintenance of aircraft and ground equipment in support of pilot training. WAFB is participating in the Installation Restoration Program (IRP), established in 1978. Under this program, the Department of Defense seeks to identify, investigate, and clean up contamination from hazardous materials.
As part of IRP, the Air Force has identified a number of potentially contaminated areas, including Fire Protection Training Area No. 2, which covers approximately 8.5 acres near the southern boundary of the base. Prior to 1948, the area was used as a parking apron. From 1948 until the late 1960s, it was an unlined pit where large quantities of the flammable liquid waste generated at WAFB were burned as part of fire training. Any flammable materials remaining infiltrated the soil or evaporated. These materials included waste fuels, oils, lubricants, cleaning solvents, and some paint stripper. Starting in 1983, a concrete liner was installed under the burn pits; however, overflow is still allowed to seep into the ground. More...
Superfund Site Report: WILLIAMS AIR FORCE BASE
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Source: http://scorecard.goodguide.com/env-releases/land/site.tcl?epa_id=AZ7570028582
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