PHOENIX — Nearly $180 million in federal funding will be spent on a new advanced water purification facility in Phoenix, officials announced Wednesday.
The funding will help cover the design and construction costs of Phoenix’s new North Gateway Advanced Water Purification Facility that will treat 8 million gallons of recycled water each day.
When combined with in-progress upgrades to the Cave Creek Water Reclamation Plant, the city’s water treatment sites will produce about 12.5 million gallons of water per day…