This photo of the Central Avra Valley Storage and Recovery Project shows what an aquifer recharge facility may look like in or around Maricopa. [Tucson Water]
By InMaricopa
The city of Maricopa has landed a $2.9 million Federal grant for a groundwater recharge project funded through Rep. Greg Stanton’s Arizona-centered $150 million environmental infrastructure authority. The funding came under a Fiscal Year 2022 Work Plan released by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in May.
According to a news release from Stanton’s office, “The funds will construct an aquifer recharge facility to allow for class A+ recycled water to be recharged within the city, adding sustainability and resiliency to the existing water supply.”
The grant will be administered in conjunction with Global Water Resources. Global Vice President and General Manager Jon Corwin said preliminary work has already begun.
The funding is part of the larger Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Since January 2021, 16 water resource projects across the state have been funded through Stanton’s authority, totaling more than $24 million.
“Arizona is already experiencing the harmful effects of climate change,” Stanton said in the news release. “These funds will go a long way to make Arizona communities – and our state as a whole – more resilient and better prepared to protect our water.”
Mayor Nancy Smith said the project allows the city to maximize its resources.
