The Kyrene Water Reclamation Facility, built in the late 1980s and closed by budget cuts in 2010, is being brought back online as a part of Tempe’s response to the ongoing drought. This plant will collect and recycle wastewater, used mainly to recharge aquifers beneath the city.
Tempe plans to use $60 million to reopen the Kyrene Water Reclamation Facility. The plant will help recycle water as Arizona struggles with its worst drought in 1,200 years.