Published on Mar 27, 2026, 3:40:47 PM
Total time: 00:01:29
Arizona's first Advanced Water Purification plant is about three years out from taking wastewater and making it drinkable. The City of Phoenix celebrated being halfway done with construction at the Cave Creek facility by filling up a treatment basin with one million gallons of water last week. It's part of the Pure Water Phoenix program.
KTAR News covers the state’s water usage, effects of an ongoing drought and what can be done to ensure water is available for people in the state of Arizona in the future.