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Your Water


Water Treatment


The Truckee Meadows Water Authority, your water purveyor, owns and operates two water treatment facilities in the Reno area and employs highly trained State Certified Water Treatment Plant Operators. Each facility consistently meets and exceeds all State and Federal Drinking Water standards.

Chalk Bluff, is a highly efficient water treatment facility that can supply water to TMWA's entire service territory. Built in 1996 to replace three aging facilities, Chalk Bluff has the capacity to treat 83 million gallons daily, with the ability to expand to treat an additional 15 million gallons per day.

The Glendale Water Treatment Facility, built in 1976, underwent substantial upgrades in 1996 and is capable of treating 25 million gallons of water per day.


Chalk Bluff Water Treatment Facility
is one of TMWA's state-of-the-art water treatment plants.


 


 


 

Total Water Production

  • Chalk Bluff:
    83 million gallons per day
  • Glendale:
    25 million gallons per day
  • Wells:
    61 million gallons per day
TOTAL: 158 million gallons per day

Pumping Capacity

  • Supply Pumps:
    52.6 million gallons per day
  • Average Use per Day:
    71 million gallons

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