ADEQ: Office of Border Environmental Protection: Water: Border Potable and Wastewater Infrastructure Support

Office of Border Environmental Protection: Water: Border Potable and Wastewater Infrastructure Suppor

Assistance to Border Environment Infrastructure Fund (BEIF) Projects in Arizona

Guided design and construction consultants for the Somerton Wastewater Treatment Facility
Worked with North American Development Bank staff to expedite funding for the Patagonia Wastewater Treatment Facility. This was the first Arizona BEIF project; it had been held up for over three years because of financing.
In cooperation with Border Environment Cooperation Commission staff, succeeded in augmenting funding to complete the Gadsden wastewater pump station and force main. The project was leveraged with U.S. Department of Agriculture and Arizona Water Infrastructure Finance Authority (WIFA) funds.
Work with Yuma County staff to find realistic conceptual plans for the Colonia B and C projects.
Continue technical assistance to Douglas for the BEIF water and wastewater treatment plant by working with the city engineer to leverage BEIF funding with WIFA loans.
Worked with BECC staff in Huachuca City for the city to define its BEIF projects.
Continued work with Nogales on the Nogales International Wastewater Treatment Plant. The Office of Border Environmental Protection engineer was technical leader for the design. The focus was on creative procurement efforts to expedite development of the project.
Assisting Nogales, Arizona in the use of Congressional line-item funds for municipal wastewater collection system improvements.
Consult with Bisbee project staff to help find cost-cutting measures in the construction of the municipal wastewater collection system and wastewater treatment plant.

Assistance to Binational Border Environment Infrastructure Fund (BEIF) Projects

Continued participation with Nogales, Sonora, wastewater and water projects. The focus has been on questions of engineering controls for wastewater spillage during construction, specification of materials resistant to destructive wastewater environments and workplace safety.

Assistance to General Water/Wastewater Issues Along the Arizona Border

Assessed the San Luis poor quality potable water issues. Sought a hardship grant from WIFA for remediation study. Served as technical project manager. Water treatment facilities are being installed.
Worked with the Naco Sanitary District for improvements to its treatment plant under a WIFA hardship grant. The project received "2003 project of the year" from the Arizona Water Pollution Control Association.
Collaborated with Cochise County and International Boundary and Water Commission to react to fugitive transboundary wastewater flows entering Arizona from Naco, Sonora.
Integrated with WIFA to provide enhanced service along the border.
Developed geographic information system covers of critical wastewater infrastructure to support emergency planning and incident response efforts related to the flooding of Nogales Wash.

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