Arizona Daily Independent
On October 1, 2017, Scottsdale Water will begin receiving energy from Hoover Dam – a significant step in the utility’s commitment to environmental and financial stewardship.
Water weighs 8.34 pounds per gallon. Every day, Scottsdale Water treats and delivers an average of 68 million gallons of drinking water, collects and treats about 20 million gallons of sewage, and delivers up to another 20 million gallons of recycled water. Moving and treating that much water requires an extraordinary amount of energy. In fact, Scottsdale Water uses more electricity annually than all other city departments combined and is constantly looking for ways to curtail energy use and costs.
