CITY OF PHOENIX
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“ Setting out the longterm goals of zero carbon , zero waste , clean air , maintaining our 100-year supply of water , and parks and transit in every neighbourhood will really drive us towards what we ’ re trying to achieve as a city ”
— Mark Hartman , CSO , City of Phoenix towards what we ’ re trying to achieve as a sustainable desert city .”
A big part of that sustainability journey is a series of major projects including the 91st Avenue wastewater biogas project ( the largest facility of its kind in the US ). “ Our water department is capturing methane from our wastewater , putting it in a pipeline and generating revenue by selling it to the California green energy market . It ’ s a great example of finding a use for the methane from wastewater treatment . In addition to the biogas , we actually reuse nearly all of the wastewater .
AUGUST 2019