Recharge basins located north of the ATF.
Each unit of water recharged is added to the Town’s storage account as a credit. These credits, in turn, can be pledged to Certificate of Assured Water Supply to allow for legal subdivision growth. Because subdivision growth based on groundwater is prohibited in the Prescott Active Management Area Groundwater Basin, the credits have a significant value.
In 2007, the Town created a valuable commodity from this former waste product in a first-of-its-kind water credit auction. The public auction of the water credits resulted in a deal that can eventually result in $67 Million for the Town. The Effluent Auction received a second place international award by Global Water Intelligence at a ceremony presided by Mohammad Yunis, Nobel Peace Prize Winner at the Whitehall Palace in London.