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Santa Rita Water Reclamation Facility: Designing with a Community

<div>City of Durango, Colorado, Assistant Finance Director Jarrod Biggs describes the regulatory and community challenges of the city’s Santa Rita Water Reclamation Facility. Dewberry Senior Project Managers Patrick Radabaugh and Jennifer Betancourt share the unique engineering and…

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City of Durango, Colorado, Assistant Finance Director Jarrod Biggs describes the regulatory and community challenges of the city’s Santa Rita Water Reclamation Facility. Dewberry Senior Project Managers Patrick Radabaugh and Jennifer Betancourt share the unique engineering and architecture solutions used to address visual and odor challenges and how they worked with the community at every step of the project life cycle.

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