The Phoenix Business Journal reported on December 6th that the Phoenix Blue Chip Economic Forecast predicts that 2007 and 2008 will continue to post significant drops in housing permits, but that a 20% rebound is expected in 2009.
Also of note, 2007 will be a record year for industrial construction, and 2008 will also post strong growth in that sector.
Growth in Arizona, it seems, only slows, it never stops.
Tuesday
Orange County's $480-million Water Recycling Plan
The LA Times editorial page on December 5th praised the decision of the Orange County Water District to begin operation of a $480-million "Groundwater Replenishment System".
Orange County will "take treated wastewater - a.k.a. sewage - from an adjacent treatment plant, force it through state-of-the-art microfiltration, reverse-osmosis and ultraviolet-ray purification systems, and the dump the resulting 70 million gallons of purified water a day into a system of ponds in Anaheim, from which it will percolate into an aquifer and into the county's drinking supply."
The LA Times praised Orange County for "outgrowing its potty-humor phase" in which people's fears of "toilet to tap" water recycling prevented the sensible reuse of purified, recycled water. The Times pointed out, correctly, that "treated sewage already flows into the Colorado River, the San Joaquin River and the Sacramento River - all upstream sources of L.A.'s water. And that water, once cleaned, is perfectly safe."
Orange County's system will provide "enough water to satisfy 140,000 families each year, at a lower cost than relying on imported water".
To learn more, visit the Groundwater Replenishment System website at:
http://www.gwrsystem.com/
Orange County will "take treated wastewater - a.k.a. sewage - from an adjacent treatment plant, force it through state-of-the-art microfiltration, reverse-osmosis and ultraviolet-ray purification systems, and the dump the resulting 70 million gallons of purified water a day into a system of ponds in Anaheim, from which it will percolate into an aquifer and into the county's drinking supply."
The LA Times praised Orange County for "outgrowing its potty-humor phase" in which people's fears of "toilet to tap" water recycling prevented the sensible reuse of purified, recycled water. The Times pointed out, correctly, that "treated sewage already flows into the Colorado River, the San Joaquin River and the Sacramento River - all upstream sources of L.A.'s water. And that water, once cleaned, is perfectly safe."
Orange County's system will provide "enough water to satisfy 140,000 families each year, at a lower cost than relying on imported water".
To learn more, visit the Groundwater Replenishment System website at:
http://www.gwrsystem.com/
Australia Leads the Way on Water Recycling
The Minister for Water in Victoria, Australia announced on December 1st that Victoria was welcoming its first suburb connected to recycled water. 600 homes, two golf courses and public open spaces will all begin using recycled water for non-drinking purposes like watering, car washing and toilet flushing - reducing potable water use by one-third.
1200 more homes are expected to be built and to connect to the system; and the Water Ministry expects that over the next 25 years 40,000 hew homes will emplace 'purple pipe' systems that use recycled water for water, car washing and toilet flushing - saving 300 billion litres of water per year (79 billion gallons of water).
To read the entire media release, click on the title of this post.
1200 more homes are expected to be built and to connect to the system; and the Water Ministry expects that over the next 25 years 40,000 hew homes will emplace 'purple pipe' systems that use recycled water for water, car washing and toilet flushing - saving 300 billion litres of water per year (79 billion gallons of water).
To read the entire media release, click on the title of this post.
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