Monitoring a Renewable Resource

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Water Monitoring for Today and the Future
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Tucson Water
is a department of the City of Tucson which
operates as a utility serving approximately
675,000 people.
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Monitoring for Today
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The Purpose of the Monitoring Programs

• Potable System
• Drinking water standards as set by EPA and ADEQ
  for 128 regulated contaminants
• 6 consumer driven drinking water standards
• Recharged Facilities
• Storage Facility Permit, Water Storage Permit
• Aquifer Protection Permit
• Standards for metals, bacteria, nitrate,
  pesticides
• Reclaimed Water System
• Reuse Permit, Aquifer Protection Permit
• Standards for bacteria, parasites,viruses,
  metals, turbidity

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Potable System Monitoring for Drinking Water
Compliance

• Monitoring Frequency
• 160 Points of Entry in 9 Public Water Systems,
  quarterly, semi-annually, annually, triennially
  every 9 Year
• 259 Distribution System Sites in 9 Public Water
  Systems monthly and quarterly
• 22 continuous on-line monitoring stations 24/7

• Sampling Statistics
• Manpower 5 samplers
• Annual sampling cost on average 250,000
• Analytical costs on average 400,000
• Number of results reported 10,133 for 2001

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Clearwater Renewable Resource Facility
Recharge Basins
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Water Quality Monitoring Locations
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Water Quality Monitoring Points
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EMPACT on the Web
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Monitoring for the Future

• National Reconnaissance of Pharmaceuticals,
  Hormones, and Other Organic Wastewater
  Contaminants in Streams of the U.S., 1999-2000
  (USGS)
• Use of Bioassays Chemical Measurements to
  Assess Removal of Endocrine-Disrupting Compounds
  in Water Reclamation Systems (UofA / WERF)
• Characterization of Natural Organic Matter in CAP
  water as Influenced by Recharge (NSF)
• Comparison of Heterotrophic Plate Counts in
  Source Waters and Tucson Waters Distribution
  system (NSF)
• Soil Aquifer Treatment for Sustainable Water
  Reuse (AWWARF / EPA)

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The Future is Crystal Clear