By Jay Taylor | InMaricopa
Arizona, Pinal County and Maricopa are unique — we all know that.
How do we make cities sprout on land that is inhospitable, arid and unforgiving?
In Maricopa’s case, it meant partnering with a leading utility that provides the water supply needed to make a city thrive.
Let’s face it — Maricopa would not have grown its 2,000 residents at the time of incorporation in 2003 to more than 70,000 residents today without a stable and assured supply of quality water. Global Water helped the city provide citizens with that supply for two decades.
Achieving that goal wasn’t always easy.
When Global Water launched in 2003, the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality almost immediately beseeched it to step in and assist — and eventually acquire — the city’s previous water utility, which provided lower-quality water high in nitrates. That company had contracts with several large developers to provide water but had not put the necessary infrastructure in place.
“The early years for us in Maricopa were quite busy,” said Global Water’s vice president and general manager, Jon Corwin. “The city went from not much at all to explosive growth, and that caused quite a few issues. As a company, we were doing everything we could to stay out in front, create a master plan and lay out the city’s water future.”
