1. Water in Arizona Trevor Baggiore, WQD Director November 9, 2017

2. Arizona Water Overview
Water Info
Major industry
Manufacturing
Mining - copper
Agriculture
Service Industry
1511 drinking water systems
>100,000 private drinking water wells
Population
6,931,000
~350 WWTP
570,000 on-site wastewater treatment systems
6th largest by area
15th largest state by population
21st largest by GDP (economy size)
47th for rainfall (13 inches…and that is an average…the desert gets less!)
Onsite data from Arizona Onsite Wastewater Recycling Association
Well information from UofA

3. Arizona is the sunniest state in the country.
Arizona Facts
Arizona is the sunniest state in the country.
sun shines in Phoenix and Tucson for 85% of the time and 90% of the time in Yuma
According to some climatologists, the Sonoran desert is the wettest desert in the world. 
Arizona is currently in our 21st year of a long-term drought
Reservoirs in AZ are about 60% full
The original London Bridge is in Lake Havasu City
The chimichanga was invented Arizona, not in Mexico
Drought Data from ASU – Arizona State Climate Office
England’s original London Bridge which was replaced in the 1960’s was purchased, dismantled, shipped stone by stone and reconstructed in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, where it still stands today.

4. Welcome to Arizona – it’s a dry heat

5. Arizona Water Use

6. Water Environmental Programs in AZ
Clean Water Act programs
Drinking Water programs
Aquifer Protection program
Water Reuse program
APP
ADEQ issues Aquifer Protection Permits (APP) to safeguard Arizona’s groundwater. This program controls the discharge of pollutants from sewage treatment facilities, septic tanks, mining operations and other industrial facilities.  APPs establish specific discharge limits and monitoring and reporting requirements. They may also require facilities to undertake special measures to protect human health and the environment from harmful pollutants. Included in the program is engineering design review for wastewater collection and treatment. Facilities must also meet best available demonstrated control technology (BADCT) for facilities that discharge to aquifers.
Reuse
Arizona is an arid state – water has always been a valuable commodity. Including reclaimed water. ADEQ regulates reclaimed water through a permitting program for both water treatment and end uses. Typical uses in Arizona have been irrigation and industrial use (cooling towers at the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station for example).

7. Direct Potable Reuse Water Reuse Recycled Water
Since 2001, human consumption of reclaimed water has been prohibited
In Jan 2018, that prohibition will end.
Permitting and demonstrations of public health protection will be required! Does not remove any SDWA requirements
Pure Brew Challenge
Takes high quality recycled water from Flagstaff, Phoenix and Tucson facilities and runs through an advanced treatment system to provide a water source for locally brewed beer and bottled water.
Group includes Pima County Wastewater Reclamation Services, Tucson Water, City of Phoenix, City of Flagstaff, Town of Marana, Carollo Engineers, CH2M, a collection of local breweries and other interested parties.
First of a kind permit for ADEQ.  Required internal substantive policy changes in mid-stream to move forward and demonstrated ADEQ’s flexibility in support of innovation and desire to work with the regulated community.
Testing for the project above what would be required for a drinking water source with respect to pathogens.

8. Drinking Water Challenges
What have we learned:
Most systems exceeding standards are small water systems, medium and large systems have occasional problems
Most systems want to comply, but don’t have resources or knowledge how to comply
Being a partner, rather than a regulator, is a faster, better way to help systems provide healthy drinking water
How we did it:
Refocused technical assistance
Redirected compliance and enforcement efforts to help systems comply for the long term
Developed a funding toolkit for water systems
Actively participate in cross agency Water Emergency Team
Daily discussions about how we can help water systems
New innovation – Small water systems fund
We also track and report monthly to the Governors office the % of Arizona’s population that is being served healthy drinking water (Currently 95%)
Recent challenges have been DBP (Tempe, Gilbert, Apache Junction)

9. Drinking Water Challenges
Most common contaminants
Arsenic
Nitrates
Lead
Disinfection by-products
Need low cost solutions for small systems that have small revenues

10. Water Discharger Challenges
Sanitary Sewer Overflows
230 SSOs reported in 2014
183 SSOs reported in 2015
105 SSOs reported in 2016
Discharger Example – Globe WWTP
Permit limits not met
20 CWA facilities currently discharging above standards

11. Trevor Baggiore, Director Water Quality Division tb4@azdeq.gov
Thank you!
Trevor Baggiore, Director
Water Quality Division
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