Apache Junction water district considering names for treatment plant
by Richard H Dyer | Apache Junction Gold Canyon Independent
Naming the city’s Central Arizona Project water treatment plant, which is to go online this year, was discussed at the Aug. 16 meeting of the Apache Junction Water Utilities Community Facilities District board.
The $9 million project on Ironwood Drive just south of Baseline Road is being funded through the Water Infrastructure Finance Authority of Arizona. Apache Junction City Council members serve as the water utilities community facilities district board.
Treatment plant names in a slide show by Frank Blanco, water district director, included Apache Junction Surface Water Treatment Plant, Apache Junction Ironwood Water Plant (default name used by Central Arizona Project), Apache Junction Water Purification Facility, Superstition Mountains Clearwater Plant, Superstition Mountains First-water Plant, Gold Dust Water Treatment Plant and Greater Apache Junction Water Treatment Plant.
“We see this opportunity here of building a new water treatment plant and naming it as an opportunity to make sure that our brand is viewed as something positive for the city and the water district and future growth,” Mr. Blanco said.
