While each of the city’s water resources are important in their own right, none of them are any use without the pipes, pumps, valves, and other facilities we use to get the water to your home or business.

In 2002, another landmark event will occur when the City of Peoria’s Greenway Water Treatment Plant will begin operation. When that event takes place this summer, Peoria will have gone from being dependent on groundwater for 100% of its water supply to using groundwater for only about 15% of its water needs (7-billion gallons in 2002) in just 5 years. That progress not only meets the mandates of the State Groundwater Management Act, it demonstrates our commitment to sound water policy and to assured water supplies for Peoria’s future.

The $32-million Greenway Water Treatment Plant (and its associated distribution piping) is the largest capital project in Peoria’s history. Once fully operational, the plant will treat 16 million gallons per day of Salt River Project water from the Salt and Verde Rivers and mark Peoria’s single largest step towards breaking reliance on groundwater. The plant is equipped with the latest technology to improve the taste and quality of the finished water product.

In the past two years that the Greenway Water Treatment Plant has been under construction, large diameter water lines to distribute water from both the Greenway and Pyramid Peak Water Treatment Plants have also been installed. Combining the surface water treatment capability of these two plants into the city’s distribution system will allow the Utilities Department to deliver up to 22 million gallons per day of renewable surface water to the city’s residents.