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WATER CONSERVATION

The AMWUA Regional Water Conservation Program, initiated in 1982, is a cooperative effort among the AMWUA member cities and other organizations in the greater Phoenix area, including the Arizona Department of Water Resources, the Salt River Project, the Central Arizona Project, the Bureau of Reclamation, and the University of Arizona.

The program draws on the diverse resources of these municipalities and organizations, enhancing and strengthening individual conservation programs, while providing regional consistency and visibility.

The program consists primarily of a variety of public education programs targeted at increasing and maintaining public awareness of the need for water conservation as a lifestyle here in the desert. Elements of the program include:

Public outreach - such as partnering in the Water. Use it Wisely media campaign and participating in regional public exhibits, fairs, and festivals.
Educational workshops and training - including the Smartscape workshop series, a 20-hour training program for landscape professionals; seminars at the Southwest Horticultural Trade Show and Conference; and workshops aimed at multitasking property managers, maintenance supervisors, and technicians.
Educational materials - booklets on designing, installing, maintaining, and properly irrigating low-water-use landscapes; general water conservation tips; the middle school curriculum Water in Our Desert Community ; and the Facility Managers Guide to Water Conservation ; have been developed and produced for use in the member cities individual water conservation programs. These materials are revised, updated, and reprinted regularly.
Materials developed through AMWUA's program also are made available, upon request, to non-member cities, private water companies, and other organizations at AMWUA's production cost.

This policy has helped to make the AMWUA conservation program truly a regional effort. In fact, many of the materials have been adopted by other communities in Arizona as well as in other parts of the western United States.

Continued coordination and cooperation in the area of water conservation helps to speed progress in achieving the individual and collective goals of AMWUA cities and other Arizona communities.

Download the 2007 Water Conservation brochure in pdf format.

Arizona Municipal Water Users Association
3003 N. Central Ave., Suite 1550, Phoenix, AZ 85012
602-248-8482 • 602-248-8423 Fax
webmaster@amwua.org

The Arizona Municipal Water Users Association (AMWUA) is a voluntary, non-profit corporation established by municipalities in Maricopa County for the development of urban water resources policy.