Arizona’s first wastewater-to-drinking-water plant reaches construction halfway mark

PHOENIX — Arizona’s first advanced water purification plant is about two years out from taking wastewater and making it drinkable.

The City of Phoenix celebrated being halfway through the construction at the $300 million Cave Creek Water Reclamation Plant by filling up a treatment basin with 1 million gallons of water last Thursday.

It’s part of the Pure Water Phoenix program, which will increase the Phoenix metro’s reliance on treated wastewater…

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