Tucson Water seeking permit to discharge water with PFAS compounds into Santa Cruz River
Tucson Water plans to start discharging water containing low levels of PFAS compounds from its south-side water treatment plant into the Santa Cruz River in early October — if it gets a state permit for the discharge by then. The utility is building a pipeline to take the water from that treatment plant near Interstate 10 and Irvington Road to the river near Irvington. It also has submitted a permit application for the discharge to the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality.