Nevada’s first wastewater-to-drinking-water plant breaks ground in Reno
The $128 million project will add about 2,000 acre-feet a year and give the region a new supply during drought and wildfire disruptions.
- Last week, the City of Reno and the Truckee Meadows Water Authority broke ground on an Advanced Purified Water Facility near Stead Airport, which will treat roughly 2 million gallons of wastewater daily to drinking-water standards.
- Rising drought concerns in the Truckee River basin prompted the project, which caps more than 15 years of research and provides a locally controlled water source to reduce reliance on the river.
- Unlike coastal plants using reverse osmosis, this facility employs an ozone biological activated carbon process; Lydia Teel, the Emerging Water Resources program administrator, said the method effectively breaks down contaminants while remaining less expensive to operate.
- The Nevada Division of Environmental Protection provided roughly $128 million in financing, establishing the regulatory framework for the state's first Category A+ permit, which requires an "environmental buffer" near Stead Airport.
- Accounting for roughly 10 percent of the utility's growth projections over the next two decades, the facility will add about 2,000 acre-feet of water annually; General Manager John Zimmerman called it "an outstanding example of what regional cooperation can accomplish.
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Nevada’s first wastewater-to-drinking-water plant breaks ground in Reno – WTOP News
By the early 2030s, water that once went down a drain in North Valleys could be flowing back out of a kitchen tap. The City of Reno and Truckee Meadows Water Authority (TMWA) broke ground last week on an Advanced Purified Water Facility, a plant that will treat roughly 2 million gallons of wastewater a day to make it compliant with drinking-water standards and send it into a groundwater aquifer near Stead Airport, a first for Nevada. The groundb…
Western state has a clever new drinking water plan – The Horn News
By the early 2030s, water that once went down a drain in North Valleys could be flowing back out of a kitchen tap. The City of Reno and Truckee Meadows Water Authority (TMWA) broke ground last week on an Advanced Purified Water Facility, a plant that will treat roughly 2... Read More The post Western state has a clever new drinking water plan appeared first on The Horn News - Proudly American, Fiercely Independent.
Nevada's first wastewater-to-drinking-water plant breaks ground in Reno - The Nevada Independent
The groundbreaking capped more than 15 years of research, testing and planning, and once complete, officials say the facility will reduce the region's reliance on the Truckee River and provide a locally controlled water source for residents.
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