Public Notice No.15-31
Published on January 8, 2015
AZPDES Permit No. AZ0022381
EPCOR Water – Chaparral City Water Company
Shea Water Treatment Plant
12021 N. Panorama Drive
Fountains Hills, Arizona 85268

EPCOR Water – Chaparral City Water Company applied for a renewal AZPDES permit for the discharge of up to one (1) million gallons per day (mgd) of WTP process water from the Shea Water Treatment Plant (WTP) to an unnamed wash tributary to Cereus Wash, tributary to the Verde River in the Verde River Basin in Township 3N, Range 6 E, Section 21, in Maricopa County, Arizona. The Shea WTP is a privately owned public water system that treats surface water from the Central Arizona Project Canal and is served to the public for domestic and municipal purposes. Sludge from the lagoon is dried and approximately once a year hauled to a landfill for disposal.

The permit and fact sheet may be viewed online at http://www.azdeq.gov/cgi-bin/vertical.pl by typing the permit number in the box left of “Search Event”. The public notice and related documentation also are available for public review, Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., at the ADEQ Records Center, 1110 W. Washington St., Phoenix, Arizona, 85007. In Phoenix, please call (602) 771-4380 or e-mail recordscenter@azdeq.gov 24 hours in advance to schedule an appointment to review the file.

Persons may submit comments or request a public hearing on the proposed action in writing, to Chiou Chen, Arizona Department of Environmental Quality, Water Quality Division, 1110 W. Washington St., 5415B-3, Phoenix, Arizona 85007. All written comments received by ADEQ by the close of business on the date 30 days after publication of this notice will be considered in the final permit decision. A public hearing request must be in writing and must include the reasons for such request. If there is a significant degree of public interest, the Director will hold a hearing in accordance with A.A.C. R18-9-908(B).