Ground was broken recently to begin construction of an International Wastewater Treatment Plant in Nogales, Ariz. that would treat wastewater from Mexico and the United States

      Nogales Mayor Ignacio Barraza and NADB Managing Director Jorge C. Garcés presided over the groundbreaking ceremony, along with representatives of the U.S. Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC), EPA and the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ), as well as other local officials from both Nogales.

      The plant — which treats the wastewater from Nogales, Ariz. and Nogales, Son. — will be rehabilitated with a treatment capacity of 14 million gallons per day (mgd), sufficient to accommodate the flows from both cities.

      “This plant, which is providing services to both Nogales, Arizona and Nogales, Sonora is an example of the bilateral cooperation and understanding that exist between the U.S. and Mexican governments for resolving their shared environmental problems,” stated Garcés. “Thanks to the joint efforts and collaboration of all of the project’s stakeholders, we have been able to move forward with this important project, which has received the largest BEIF grant to date.”

            The plant is being constructed under a design-build contract and is expected to be completed in about two years, at the beginning of 2009. The certified project also includes the rehabilitation of the International Outfall and partial replacement of the sewer system in Nogales, Ariz...

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