AMWUA Blog

Oct 15 2018

With a little strategy and knowledge, it’s easy to enjoy color in your desert yard all four seasons of the year. The cities of Avondale, Chandler and Glendale are offering free October classes about bringing more color to your landscape. These classes are among dozens of classes AMWUA cities are hosting to help you design, plant and maintain a lovely, drought-resistant desert yard. ...

Oct 08 2018

It happens every day, in every city around the country. A firefighter opens a hydrant to stop a fire from spreading. A surgeon washes his or her hands. A hiker turns a spigot to refill her water bottle. A mother turns on a showerhead to bathe her kids. ...

Oct 01 2018

Various races are competing for your attention on the ballot this election season.  You know the high-profile races for Governor, the U.S. Congress and the State Legislature. Yet, near the bottom of your ballot is one of the most important races – one that will directly impact you and your water.  It is the election of five new members of the Central Arizona Water Conservation District Board of Di...

Sep 24 2018

The days are getting shorter and the shadows a little deeper. We’re all eager to spend more time outside, including making those changes to our landscape that we’ve been considering all summer. It’s planting season and AMWUA cities are hosting dozens of free fall landscape classes. The City of Scottsdale is hosting a class Oct. 9 taught by a landscape design expert who can help you rejuvenate your...

Sep 17 2018

Cities are working to find ways to ease the impact of rising temperatures. Many are exploring green building techniques, also called Low Impact Development, which allow more rainwater to stay in place and to sink into the landscape. These ...

Sep 10 2018

Fifty years ago, the cities in the Valley of the Sun applauded when President Lyndon Johnson signed the Colorado River Basin Project Act. The Act authorized federal funding to construct the 336-mile long Central Arizona Project to bring Colorado River water to Central and Southern Arizona.  Today,...

Sep 03 2018

“Next to the air we breathe, water is our most precious resource.” ...

Aug 27 2018

Every August, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation releases a study of the Colorado River and this year it had both good news and bad news for states that rely on the river as a water resource. The study determined that the Colorado River will be able to provide states with the water they expect in 2019, but it also shows more than a 50 percent probability of a water shortage in 2020.   ...

Aug 20 2018

Cities are helping the next generation of desert dwellers understand where their water comes from, why it’s important to protect it, and how to conserve it. For more than a decade, the City of Glendale has invested in a team of water professionals armed with teaching tools and lesson plans to deepen students’ knowledge about water in the desert. The Water Watchers Program is one of a series of you...