Peoria study session flags $90M water acquisition and outlines long‑term water purification plan Council heard a detailed water briefing: Peoria uses about 20,000 acre‑feet/year of Colorado River water, staff flagged a potential purchase of long‑term storage credits and described early work on advanced water purification (AWP), with a multi‑decade cost estimate that staff put near $1 billion for full scale deployment.

Peoria is taking bold steps for water security, with plans for a $90M acquisition of long-term storage credits and a groundbreaking $1 billion advanced water purification initiative.

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Peoria studies large water acquisition and a long-term advanced water purification plan Staff told council Peoria could acquire a major long-term underground storage portfolio and is studying advanced water purification (AWP); staff flagged the Bureau of Reclamation DEIS as a risk that could cut the city's Colorado River allocation by about 57 percent.

Peoria is on the brink of a groundbreaking water acquisition that could secure its future amidst looming Colorado River allocation cuts.

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