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Utilities Department Receives Peak Performance Awards in
Recognition of Outstanding Wastewater Treatment Accomplishments
June 08 , 2005 by Editor
The City of Mesa Utilities Department has been selected to receive two Peak
Performance Awards, presented by the National Association of Clean Water
Agencies (NACWA). The Peak Performance Awards program recognizes public
wastewater treatment facilities for their outstanding compliance records.
NACWA was proud to recognize more than 300 Peak Performance Award facilities
during the Association's 35th Annual Meeting held May 1-2, 2005, in Washington,
D.C.
The Southeast Water Reclamation Plant (SEWRP) received a gold award for
achieving 100 percent compliance with its National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System (NPDES) permit for 2004. The Northwest Water Reclamation
Plant (NWWRP) was given a silver award for having received no more than five
NPDES permit exceedences in 2004.
"Protection of human health and the environment is the primary reason for
constructing and operating wastewater treatment facilities," said Bill Haney,
City of Mesa's water division director. "Accordingly, 100 percent permit
compliance is a goal that all treatment facility operators strive to accomplish.
The City of Mesa is fortunate to have employees with the skills and dedication
to make that goal a reality."
The SEWRP is located north of Baseline Road and east of Recker Road, on the west
side of the Superstition Springs Golf Course, and has a treatment capacity of
eight-million gallons per day. Treatment includes screening, grinding,
sedimentation, organics removal, nutrient removal, filtration, clarification and
disinfection. The effluent from this plant is used for golf course landscape
irrigation, pond replenishment and agricultural irrigation.
The NWWRP is located in the northwest corner of the City of Mesa along the 202
Freeway and has a treatment capacity of 18-million gallons per day.
Treatment processes include screening, grinding, sedimentation, organics
removal, nutrient removal, filtration, clarification and disinfection. The
effluent from the NWWRP is discharged to two recharge sites and to the Salt
River, which also recharges the aquifer. In the near future it also will be used
for freeway irrigation, on the Riverview Golf Course and at the Granite Reef
Underground Storage Project for recharge purposes.
For more information about Mesa's water and wastewater services, visit
www.cityofmesa.org/utilities/water.