POPULATION DEMANDS AND NATURE ’ S CHALLENGES
EPCOR USA INC . / EPCOR UTILITIES INC .
66 has a variety of water sources , chief among them the 336-mile long Central Arizona Project ( CAP ), which diverts water from the Colorado River . Other sources include the Salt River Project canal system and groundwater wells tapping into underground aquifers .
POPULATION DEMANDS AND NATURE ’ S CHALLENGES
Brown and his team are responsible for delivering a large annual capital improvement program , one of which is the project to expand the White Tanks Regional Treatment Facility ( White Tanks ), built in 2009 to treat water from the CAP and supply it to consumers . This project provides a good illustration of the challenges faced by EPCOR in the State , and the best practices it is employing to meet them . White Tanks was originally designed to treat 20mn gallons of water per day ( MGD ) with a firm capacity of 13.4 MGD . The total capacity will be increased
“The capacity at White Tanks ] was stressed so we had to expand ”
— Andrew Brown , Engineering Director
SEPTEMBER 2018