Sewer & Sanitation
The Pinewood Sanitary District services most of Munds Park. Some homes and vacant lots are still not part of the district and are serviced by their own site (septic system). The district consists of a wastewater treatment facility with design treatment of 600,000 gallons per day and a peaking factor of 1,000,000 gpd. Our dry weather flows in the winter average around 70,000 gpd and 230,000 gpd in the summer. Heavy snows and rain can create much higher flows due to run off entering our collection system through leaking manholes, laterals and mainlines. We have over 35 miles of main lines and hundreds of manholes making up our system. The collection system requires an ongoing inspection and repair program in an attempt to keep excess water from entering our system. We also require televising of house connections (laterals) on all real estate sales as 30% of excess water into our system can be attributed to leaks in home connections.
The district is a quasi-government entity and a special taxing district. We do however utilize fee based system at this time and have not utilized our taxing authority. We produce A+ quality water which is a higher quality than stream water standards. Currently most of our discharge between April and November is utilized by Pinewood Country Club for irrigation of the golf course. Seasonally we are allowed to discharge to Munds Creek and eventually Oak Creek and the Verde River. Our parameters for this discharge are very restrictive due to the water quality classification of Oak Creek.
We at the District strive to be the best environmental stewards we can.
