By Scianna Garcia | West Valley View
The city of Avondale received the Water System Project of the Year and Operations Supervisor of the Year awards from the AZ Water Association during its recent conference.
The AZ Water Association’s 2022 Water System Project of the Year was awarded to the city of Avondale through Carollo Engineers Inc. for the North Avondale Water Supply Project.
The city is entitled to 5,416-acre-feet per year of Colorado River water delivered through the Central Arizona Project.
On Aug. 6, 2018, city council approved an intergovernmental agreement with the city of Phoenix to allow Phoenix to divert, treat and transport a portion of Avondale’s CAP water to a service interconnection with Phoenix’s existing water distribution system near the intersection of 107th Avenue and Indian School Road in Phoenix.
As part of the agreement, the city of Avondale was responsible for the construction of the Interconnect facility. The North Avondale Water Supply Project officially started construction on April 23, 2020, and was substantially complete on Jan. 15, 2021.
