Online records: ADEQ finds 2 ‘significant’ deficiencies at Superstition Area Water Plant in Apache Junction

by Richard H Dyer | Apache Junction/Gold Canyon Independent

The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality on a Dec. 12, 2018, site visit to the Superstition Area Water Plant found deficiencies — one “minor” and two “significant,” which is the top category of severity, according to online records.

An air screen was the wrong size mesh, the water district couldn’t show that its ferric chloride and sulfuric acid conformed to American National Standards Institute/National Sanitation Foundation standards and a lead and copper plan was not available for review, the records show.

None impacted the water quality, Al Bravo, Apache Junction public information officer, said.

Continued: