Jun 29 2015Share
Goodyear: Working On A Green Solution To Its Salty Problem
The City of Goodyear has a 500,000 gallons-per-day brine problem. That problem will only grow as the quiet little West Valley city along the Estrella Mountains expands. Goodyear is working on an...
Aug 25 2014
Rio Salado Habitat: Wildlife Sanctuary Created From Wasteland
In 2000 the City of Phoenix began digging piles of trash, tires, appliances, and hulks of old cars out of a 5-mile section of the Salt Riverbed that had served as a dump for decades. Today, the Rio...
May 26 2014
Storm Water: From The Streets To Your Rivers and Parks
As if you needed a good reason to pick up after your dog, here is yet one more: storm drains. Phoenix, a city of blue skies and sunshine, maintains an 895-mile storm drain system. Desert storms are...