Two Phoenix courses are seeking to maintain their lawns with treated effluent over potable drinking water
Arizona golf courses turn to water reuse
Two Phoenix golf courses, Lookout Mountain Golf Club and Moon Valley Country Club, have partnered with the city of Phoenix to build a pipeline pulling recycled wastewater from the Arizona Canal to their respective courses. The pipeline is expected to be completed by the end of 2018 and long-term will reduce the privately-owned courses’ water costs by approximately 40%, compared to groundwater which currently maintains their greens. If more private courses switch their source from drinking water to treated wastewater, more groundwater could be protected.
According to a 2016 report by the Arizona Department of Water Resources, nearly three-quarters of water used by all Arizona golf courses comes from the same sources as drinking water. The decision by the two Phoenix-area golf courses to switch to treated wastewater over drinking water was largely due to rising financial restraints, and with an initial investment of $9.5 million–with the city of Phoenix footing one-third of the bill–the project is expected to have long-term benefit, according to Cronkite News Arizona PBS.
Date: June 07, 2018
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Coordinator: EnvGuide Team
Source: https://www.wwdmag.com/water-recycling-reuse/arizona-golf-courses-use-recycled-wastewater-irrigation