State regulators order JU connection with Queen Creek

by Mark Cowling | PinalCentral

Over the objections of Johnson Utilities, the company will partially relieve the burden on its wastewater system by connecting with the town of Queen Creek, the Arizona Corporation Commission ordered.

EPCOR Water Arizona, interim operator of JU, also reported at the ACC’s Nov. 4 open meeting that the company continues to struggle with sanitary sewer overflows.

The interconnection with Queen Creek is being done to increase sewer capacity and allow home building to continue in the northern San Tan Valley area served by the Pecan treatment plant.

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