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PUBLIC NOTICE | AZPDES Permit Renewal | Town of Patagonia Wastewater Treatment Plant

Public Notice

AZPDES Permit Renewal | Town of Patagonia Wastewater Treatment Plant

Revised On: May. 29th, 2025 - 02:54 pm

On May 13, 2025, the comment period begins for the proposal to issue a renewal Arizona Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (AZPDES) permit to the Town of Patagonia for its wastewater treatment plant located in Santa Cruz County, Arizona. The comment period ends June 13, 2025.

AZPDES Permit No.: AZ0025011

Permittee: 

Town of Patagonia

Facility: 

Town of Patagonia Wastewater Treatment Plant

151 Costello Drive
Patagonia, Arizona 85624

Santa Cruz County

The Town of Patagonia applied to renew their AZPDES permit for the proposed discharge of up to 0.11 million gallons per day of treated domestic wastewater from the wastewater treatment plant to Sonoita Creek in Santa Cruz County, Arizona. The facility is a publicly-owned treatment works that receives domestic wastewater from residential and commercial sources in the Town of Patagonia. Sludge handling includes an aerobic sludge digester and sludge belt filter press dewatering facility. Dewatered sludge in the form of pressed cake is sent to the Patagonia Municipal Landfill.

Review Documents:

  • Original Published Public Notice | View > 
  • Draft Permit | View >  
  • Draft Fact Sheet | View >  
  • In person at ADEQ Record Center | Learn How >

Public Comment Period:

Dates: May 13, 2025 – June 13, 2025

Comments may be submitted as follows:

  •      By Email | Send Email >
  •      By Mail (Must be postmarked or received by June 13, 2025):

ADEQ
Water Quality Division, Surface Water Protection
Attn: Rachel Heinz
1110 W. Washington St.
Phoenix, AZ  85007

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