TSMC Breaks Ground on Arizona Reclamation Plant to Lift Water Reuse to 90% by 2028
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Updated · Arizona's Family · Aug 24
TSMC Breaks Ground on Arizona Reclamation Plant to Lift Water Reuse to 90% by 2028
1 articles · Updated · Arizona's Family · Aug 24
Summary
TSMC said the new industrial reclamation plant will treat water its current system cannot recycle, aiming to raise on-site reuse from 65% to 90% or more by 2028.
4.75 million gallons a day now flow through the north Phoenix chip campus, with about 3.5 million gallons recycled on site and much of the unrecovered share lost to evaporative cooling.
Phoenix supplies the plant largely with reclaimed wastewater, plus some groundwater, while city rules require TSMC to clean chemically laden wastewater on site before any discharge to the sewer system.
Arizona water concerns still shadow the $100 billion expansion as Colorado River cuts strain supplies, but local officials and experts say Phoenix judged the economic payoff worth the water demand.