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Illustration of the HOST standing at a chain-link fence looking at a small wastewater lagoon facility near the Desert View Watchtower with a mostly blank labeled diagram

Desert View Wastewater System — What's Actually on the Record

A fenced lagoon plant off Cedar Mountain Road is the least-documented wastewater site in the park. Here’s exactly what is and isn’t public.

Labeled cutaway illustration of Phantom Ranch in the inner canyon showing the water pipeline from Roaring Springs, an old generator shed, and the wastewater plant by the river

Phantom Ranch Utilities — Water, Power, Sewage, and the 2026 Flood

A century of improvised water, power, and sewage at the bottom of the canyon, and what August 2026’s flash flood destroyed and spared.