AMWUA Blog
Fall is the perfect season to improve your yard
As daytime temperatures start to fall and evenings get cooler, it's a good time to open windows and enjoy more outdoor moments. This season also offers an opportunity to evaluate how your yard handled the record-breaking summer heat and to prepare it for the months ahead. Fall is ideal for planning, organizing, and planting a landscape that is both attractive and water-efficient. However, before y...
Working together, we are One for WaterTM
AMWUA’s membership consists of ten large municipalities in Maricopa County, Arizona. Collectively, the population of the AMWUA municipalities is 3.7 million people—more than 50 percent of the state’s population.
Conservation & Efficiency
Living in a desert, Arizonans recognize that water is a limited and precious resource. We know we need to conserve and protect the water we have, stretching and preserving it for the future. We have embraced a culture of conservation, and it’s paying off. That ongoing commitment will help us weather the impacts of climate change, extended drought, and shortage.
Drought & Shortage
Extended drought and a shortage on the Colorado River in 2022 are cause for concern, but they are not unexpected. Arizona has been visionary in water management planning and policy. The AMWUA cities have prepared and invested to ensure reliable, sustainable supplies for their communities. Continued innovative water management strategies, investment, and forward-thinking policy will enable us to meet the very real challenges ahead.
Where we stand on the issues
Smart water policy and careful planning, investment, and management have enabled AMWUA’s members to build robust, reliable water supplies that support our communities and economy. It is imperative that we continue to address the issues in front of us to ensure the future viability of those supplies. Learn more about some of the issues we are working on:
AMWUA Blog
Oct 07 2025
Fall is the perfect season to improve your yard
As daytime temperatures start to fall and evenings get cooler, it's a good time to open windows and enjoy more outdoor moments. This season also offers an opportunity to evaluate how your yard handled the record-breaking summer heat and to prepare it for the months ahead. Fall is ideal for planning, organizing, and planting a landscape that is both attractive and water-efficient. However, before y...
Sep 30 2025
Advancing Arizona’s Water Future with Augmentation
Arizona needs more water. With reductions in Colorado River water after 2026 and stressed aquifers of finite groundwater, Arizona must find new sources of water. That’s why a state agency has been tasked with seeking smart, long-term solutions that will ensure water continues to flow into the future....
Sep 23 2025
Conservation and Augmentation: Why Arizona Needs Both
Arizona has traditionally been a leader in water management, but issues like drought, hotter temperatures, and population growth mean we can no longer take our water supplies for granted. To secure our future, Arizona is pursuing several strategies, two of which are common hot topics and equally vital: conservation and augmentation....
AMWUA (pronounced "am-wa" as in, "I am" and "water") is the Arizona Municipal Water Users Association, a non-profit association of ten municipalities in the Phoenix metro area, advocating responsible water stewardship that supports economic prosperity and safeguards Arizona's water supplies for future generations.
"Water is essential for life
It supplies food, generates energy, and creates jobs. The wellbeing of our communities and economies depends on it. In a desert, we are acutely aware that we must continue to plan, invest, and develop forward-thinking policy today to ensure safe, reliable, and sustainable water supplies for the future.
OUR MEMBERS
AMWUA's membership consists of ten large municipalities in Maricopa County, Arizona. Collectively, the population of the AMWUA municipalities is 3.7 million people—more than 50 percent of the state's population.
