Global Water wastewater expansion keeps focus on conservation, redundancy
Empty tank in the wastewater expansion project during a tour at Global Water. Photo by Raquel Hendrickson
Global Water Resources showed off its not-yet-commissioned wastewater expansion project April 2, and it became an opportunity to update customers on how Maricopa’s primary water utility is trying to adapt to the city’s growth.
“The evidence is in the data, so for last year we did 4.4 percent meter connection count growth, which is the most we saw in any year since before the great recession, [since 2007]. The permit data suggests it’s actually going to accelerate. Last year, the City of Maricopa had the highest year-over-year permit growth rate of any submarket in metro Phoenix. They did about 60 percent more permits than they did in 2016, and in 2016 they did 60-70 percent better than they did in 2015. Obviously, permits are the leading indicator to new homes being built and our meters going in the ground.” – Ron Fleming, Global Water president
Global Water Maricopa Data:
- 19,000 metered locations
- 250 miles of water pipeline
- 208 miles of gravity sewer pipeline
- 2,000+ fire hydrants
