City Council candidates in ritzy Scottsdale disagree on whether recycling wastewater into drinking water is smart policy or a dangerous remedy.
A ritzy Arizona enclave is facing water cuts, and the most divisive idea to offset them begins with millions of gallons of sewage. Call it affluent effluent.
The plan — which involves rigorously treating and purifying wastewater, then routing it straight to residential taps — has long been seen as critical for the future of Scottsdale, a city heavily reliant on the dwindling flow of the Colorado River.
But in recent months, Scottsdale’s wastewater recycling program has been sucked into a bitter political dispute, and its fate could hinge on the outcome of the city’s elections on Tuesday.
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