1. And they question whether the amount of treated wastewater can ever catch up with the number of golf courses. 2. El Paso plans to use treated wastewater for industry, parkland and even residential landscaping. 3. For example, many golf courses use treated wastewater to irrigate turf, water that is plentiful even during a dry spell. 4. Goss said the impact on the swollen river is no greater than that of treated wastewater on the river during normal conditions. 5. Harlingen, one of the cities that pumps treated wastewater into the Arroyo Colorado, has experienced repeated problems with its wastewater system. 6. Nearby Fort Huachuca and Sierra Vista are trying to take the pressure off the river with everything from flushless urinals to putting treated wastewater back into the ground. 7. Ponds will be filled with treated wastewater, which will trickle down and recharge the aquifer. 8. Such releases, while containing greater concentrations of pollutants than treated wastewater, are nonetheless highly diluted. 9. The workers fixed the problem, but no one notified the plant manager or county environmental officials about the release of the partially treated wastewater, Spano said. 10. Environmental groups criticized Israel on Tuesday for its plan to begin dumping treated wastewater from factories into the Mediterranean Sea. |