By Jim Walsh | East Valley Tribune
Mesa has a plan to ensure an economical supply of water to serve fast-growing southeast Mesa, but that doesn’t mean it will be cheap or easy.
A 10 ½ mile pipeline costing $90 million and snaking through east Mesa and through Gilbert would send a large amount of treated effluent to the Gila River Indian Community to irrigate crops.
In return, Mesa would receive rights toward supplies of potable water suitable for drinking after treatment, averting potential shortfalls an estimated four or five years from now in southeast Mesa.
