Marana gets $15 million loan to build water treatment plants
by Tony Davis | Arizona Daily Star
A newly awarded $15 million state loan will ensure that Marana has the money to design and build two plants to clean up contaminated water serving more than one-third of its total customers, town officials say.
The loan from the Water Infrastructure Finance Authority will provide Marana with money to start construction on schedule next August, said John Kmiec, Marana’s water utility director. The plants are scheduled to be finished and online by June 2020.
If the loan proceeds as planned, it will close on Jan. 25, 2019, and the first repayment would be due on July 1, said Richard Mendolia, an environmental program manager for the state water authority. The final payment date would be July 1, 2038, he said.
