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ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING SOLUTIONS

• Industrial/Special Use Zoning Permits
• Municipal Building Permits
• Approval-to-Construct Permits
• Approval-of-Construction Permits
• Water System Permits
  • Assured Water Supply Permits
  • DWR Groundwater Permits
  • Water Storage Permits
• Wastewater System Permits
  • CWA Section 208 Amendments
  • Aquifer Protection Permits (APPs)
  • Reclaimed Water (Reuse) Permits
  • Discharge Permits (NPDES)        
  • Underground Storage Facility (USF) Permits

SAMPLE PROJECTS:

Palo Verde Utilities Company/Hassayampa Utility Company WRF Permitting Assistance
The Palo Verde Utilities Company Campus 2 WRF is a treatment facility that has been planned and constructed to serve a new development area near Maricopa, AZ.  The Hassayampa Utility Company Campus 1 WRF is being planned to serve developments in the Tonopah region of the west valley.  The first phase of construction for each facility will provide a 1 MGD treatment capacity with provisions for expansion to an ultimate capacity of 9 MGD.   For this permitting project, MES compiled the Aquifer Protection Program (APP), Reuse, and Arizona Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (AzPDES) permit applications for each facility for submittal to the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ).  MES then coordinated the responses to all questions from ADEQ, attended public stakeholder meetings, and reviewed the final permit drafts prior to permit issuance.  MES also developed templates, standards, and electronic files to facilitate the completion of future permitting applications by the client.

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Water Utility of Greater Tonopah Sunshine WPF Permitting Project
The Sunshine Water Production Facility (WPF) provides drinking water service to approximately 150 customers in the Tonopah region of the west valley.  As a result of the revised Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) drinking water standard for arsenic, effective January 2006, that lowered the maximum contaminant level (MCL) from 50 ppb to 10 ppb, the Sunshine WPF was required to add a well-head arsenic treatment system.  The planned addition of treatment to the existing WPF initiated a zoning change and a Special Use Permit (SUP) was required from Maricopa County.  MES developed all the information required for the SUP application, including a Narrative Report, facility Site Plan, and a Citizen Participation Plan, and coordinated a Traffic Impact Study and Drainage Study.  MES organized and submitted all information to Maricopa County Planning and Development, compiled responses to all questions from the County, coordinated review meetings with the County departments, managed public notification activities, and appeared before the County Board to represent the Client for final zoning approval.

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Water Utility of Greater Tonopah /Water Utility of Greater Buckeye/Water Utility of Northern Scottsdale/Willow Valley Water Company ADWR System Water Plans
MES prepared Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR) System Water Plans for eleven water production facilities owned and operated by four of Global Water Resources’ wholly-owned subsidiary companies.  This project included compilation of the following information for each facility:  service area maps, water production data, description of existing infrastructure and equipment, groundwater level data, population projection information, and contingency plans.  The System Water Plans were prepared in accordance with the standard ADWR format and requirements.

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Water Utility of Greater Tonopah POU Arsenic Treatment Implementation
The Water Utility of Greater Tonopah owns and operates several water production facilities in the west valley that required the addition of treatment to bring the water into compliance with the revised Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) maximum contaminant level (MCL) for arsenic.  The Rose View and West Phoenix water systems each provide water service to less than 20 homes and the cost of well-head arsenic treatment was prohibitive.  For this reason, point-of-use (POU) reverse osmosis (RO) systems were selected as the arsenic treatment for these water systems and MES was the program manager for the implementation project.  MES worked closely with the Owner and the Maricopa County Environmental Services Department (MCESD) to develop an Approval to Construct (ATC) application that was both in accordance with Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) POU system standards, and met further constraints added by MCESD.  MES assisted the Water Utility of Greater Tonopah in procuring the treatment units, and developing public information materials, installation consent forms, and service and sampling protocols.  MES also coordinated the installation of the RO units and prepared an Operation and Maintenance (O&M) Manual for the water system.

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