06 October 2019

NOTICE OF 30-DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: City of Mesa Renewal Permit For Proposed Discharge Of Pollutants Into Waters of The United States

The City of Mesa has applied for a renewal AZPDES permit for the proposed discharge of up to 30 million gallons per day (mgd) of treated domestic wastewater from the Greenfield Water Reclamation Plant . . .
ADEQ proposes to issue an Arizona Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (AZPDES) renewal permit to discharge pollutants to Waters of the United States to the following applicant, subject to certain effluent limitations and special conditions . . .
Image result for greenfield water treatment plant infrastructure location
Information from the official city website 
Greenfield Water Reclamation Plant (GWRP)

Located in Gilbert, this facility is a 16-million gallon per day water reclamation plant that treats sewage from southeast Mesa, the southeast portion of the Town of Gilbert, and all of the Town of Queen Creek. This treated water is pumped directly to Gilbert's recharge facilities and to the Gila River Indian Community through an intergovernmental agreement for beneficial reuses on agriculture. The GWRP is undergoing expansion to increase Mesa's capacity of the existing plant by 10 million gallons per day.
______________________________________________________________

BLOGGER NOTE: According to this report 
"The Greenfield Water Reclamation Plant will undergo a $48 million expansion project to increase capacity and provide increased wastewater treatment services for Mesa and Gilbert. Mesa, Gilbert and Queen Creek share ownership of the plant, which began as a lift station in 1999. The facility later underwent a Phase II conversion to a reclamation plant.
The current project is part of the facility’s Phase III expansion and will increase the plant’s capacity by 14 million gallons to 30 million gallons of liquids per day. Ten million of those gallons are allotted to Mesa and 4 million are allotted to Gilbert.
“This expansion will help Mesa by supporting development and economic growth in South Mesa,” Mesa Water Resources Department spokeswoman Kathy MacDonald said via email.

The plant, in Gilbert, provides treated wastewater to the southeast portions of Gilbert and Mesa and all of Queen Creek. That water is used for golf courses, crop irrigation, greenbelt irrigation and recharging groundwater supplies.
________________________________________________
PHASE III 
The total Phase III expansion cost is pegged at just over $215
and is expected to complete in the summer of 2020.
________________________________________________________________

Review Documents

Original Published Public Notice | View/Print >
Draft Permit | View >
Draft Fact Sheet | View > 
Let's take a look at the DRAFT FACT SHEET
The Draft Permit is 54 Pages
The Table of Contents is on Page 1-2
PLEASE NOTE: THE PERMITTEE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE QUALITY AND ACCURACY OF ALL DATA REQUIRED UNDER THIS PERMIT
See Page 6: Effluent Characterization Testing
See Page 13: Monitoring and Reporting
Reference
http://static.azdeq.gov/pn/191003_gwrp_dp.pdf
________________________________________________________________

Public Comment Period 

Dates: Oct. 3, 2019 – Nov. 4, 2019
Comments may be submitted as follows:
     By Email | Send Email > 
     By Mail (Must be postmarked or received by Nov. 4, 2019):
       ADEQ
       Swathi Kasanneni
       Water Quality Division
       1110 W. Washington Street
       Phoenix, AZ  85007

PUBLIC NOTICE | Proposed Renewal of AZPDES Permit (AZ0025241) Coverage for the Greenfield Water Reclamation Plant

Public Notice No. 19-21
Published in Arizona Business Gazette on Oct. 3, 2019
AZPDES Permit No. AZ0025241
ADEQ proposes to issue an Arizona Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (AZPDES) renewal permit to discharge pollutants to Waters of the United States to the following applicant, subject to certain effluent limitations and special conditions:

Permittee

City of Mesa Water Resources
Greenfield Water Reclamation Plant (GWRP)

Facility Information
to the East Maricopa Floodway, tributary to the Gila River in the Middle Gila River Basin in Township 2 S, Range 6 E, Section 15, in Maricopa County, Ariz. The GWRP is a publicly owned treatment works that receives domestic wastewater from residential, commercial and industrial sources in the City of Mesa and the Towns of Queen Creek and Gilbert.  Sludge is treated on-site and then either hauled by a licensed contractor to the Apache Junction Landfill or land applied as Class B Biosolids, with the back-up capability to pump and discharge to the Baseline Interceptor and send to the City of Phoenix 91st Avenue Waste Water Treatment Plant for treatment.
_________________________________________________________________
RELATED CONTENT PRODUCED BY THE CITY OF MESA

Mesa Now #37 - Water

  • 3 years ago
  • 660 views
This Mesa Now take a look at where Mesa gets its water, how its treated and how it makes it to your house.



Greenfield WRP

  • 5 months ago
  • 167 views
Greenfield Water Reclamation Plant.










A Dimension Called " DEPTH OF COMPETITION" | Phys.org

  NOVEMBER 6, 2024 'Shallow' sports and 'deep' social hierarchies: Not all pecking orders are created equally by  University...