In order to hopefully avoid the ground sinking even more, recharge has been considered at the Rillito Creek bed and the Pantano Wash. . Of course, the most expensive scenarios were those that followed the new guidelines set forth in Prop 200, and the least expensive scenario was the direct delivery of CAP water to homes. Customers receive the blend of groundwater and recharged river water, but direct delivery of water treated at the Tucson Airport Remediation treatment plant would stop. Instead, the treated water would be poured into a riverbed for recharge purposes. Customers receive reverse-osmosis treated river water.
Customers receive ground water and recharged river water.
Tucson Water has begun to deliver a blend of CAP water and groundwater to a select few customers, in what it calls its Ambassador program. The group has also handed out bottles of this blend at football games, and in malls in order to allow the people of Tucson to decide for themselves whether or not they find the taste of CAP water to their taste. This doesn t solve any of Tucson s water problems, and quite possibly creates more. The only sure thing is that Bob Beaudry has hung up his spurs for now, and we won t be hearing Jim Click tell us what is best for Tucson s water future anymore. In test areas it has been fairly well received, and the fiasco of the first CAP delivery will not be repeated.