A bill to let Nestlé treat wastewater at its proposed Glendale plant and pump that water into the aquifer is raising fears that it will pit businesses against other water users.
Grace Mack Cronkite News PHOENIX — A bill to let Nestlé treat wastewater at its proposed Glendale plant and pump that water into the aquifer, earning water storage credits to draw on in the future, is raising fears that it will pit businesses against other water users.
People are also reading… They fear Nestlé will be just the first of many industrial users to flood in to take advantage of the new law if the bill passes. The world’s largest food and beverage company is seeking the change because the amount of wastewater that would be generated by the plant is too much for EPCOR to handle.
SB 1660 was originally supported by Rauch Fruit Juices, which ran into a similar problem with EPCOR last year. Rauch recently dropped its support of the bill after an agreement was made between EPCOR and the city of Surprise. Rauch is building a plant in the Glendale area that would produce Red Bull energy drinks.
The bill’s opponents argue that once the doors open for one facility, more manufacturers will want to treat their own effluent instead of letting water providers do the job. Opponents have also raised concerns about water quality. The latest version of the bill states that facilities must “meet or exceed aquifer water quality standards before discharge” as determined by the state Department of Environmental Quality . But Phoenix officials worry the facilities will not be properly regulated.
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