Protecting Phoenix area cities’ ability to provide assured, safe, and sustainable water supplies to their communities.
AMWUA Blog
Warren Tenney
Executive Director
Arizona Pilot Project Could Help Find More “Lost” Water
The number of gallons of drinking water a utility produces each month is not the same number of gallons paid for by its customers. Each month, a certain percentage of drinking water produced by a utility disappears for a variety of reasons. In Arizona this is called “lost and unaccounted for water” and the state has long had tough regulations in place to minimize lost water in large utilities. Now, some Arizona utilities are researching a new and more precise... Read More>
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Keeping Current
Where We Stand
Colorado River Structural Imbalance
Levels at Lake Mead are rapidly dropping, in part, because the water stored in this reservoir is over-allocated to the states that share it. This puts the stability of the Colorado River system and reliability of Arizona’s Colorado River supplies at serious risk.
Conservation & Efficiency
Drought & Shortage
