Podcast Host

joni m palmer, Ph.D.

Project Director, Southwest EFC

Tucson Water Director

Administrator, Conservation & Stormwater Resources, Tucson Water

Associate Professor Associate Professor, BIO5 Institute Member of the Graduate Faculty

What is Municipal Wastewater?
The Recycle and Reuse Process
Public perceptions
Use for landscaping in a safe way
Why should we recycle and reuse wastewater for landscaping—are other uses and/or purposes possible, too?
Tucson: an example of a municipality that does this—and is successful.
How long has Tucson been doing this work?
How did the city get this Reclaimed Water System up and running? E.g., challenges, legal process, etc.
What is Tuscon most proud of?
What do the next 40 years look like?