AMWUA Blog
Safe-yield: A Balancing Act For Arizona’s Aquifers
The goal of safe-yield has motivated Arizona's cities to maximize their use of renewable water supplies - such as river water or recycled wastewater - and to minimize pumping groundwater. Safe-yield means the amount of water pumped out of the ground is the same as what goes back into underground aquifers. The efforts of Arizona's cities to use renewable supplies and to protect groundwater have hel...
Jul 11 2016
Salt River: Bringing Life To A Desert ValleyA likely shortage of Colorado River water in Arizona is big news. It should be. Colorado River water makes up 44 percent of the state's water supply delivered through 336-miles of canals and pumps known as the ...
Jul 04 2016
Fourth of July: Celebrating Our Water HistoryIndependence Day. However you celebrate - whether by the pool or watching fireworks with your favorite drink in hand - it is an excellent opportunity to contemplate what we often take for granted, such as affordable, safe water. Today we have safe drinking water at a reasonable cost delivered right inside our homes and businesses....
Jun 27 2016
Water Professionals Take On Role As First RespondersThe important role of water professionals as first responders was a lesson relearned after 9/11 and, again, after Hurricanes Katrina in 2005 and Sandy in 2012. These events prompted many water utilities throughout Arizona and the country to intensify disaster training for their employees, including lab and computer techs, plant operators, engineers and repair crews. With water so critical to our h...
Jun 20 2016
Keeping It In Perspective: Bottled Water And Other IndustriesRecently, Phoenix announced a water-bottling plant was opening in a vacant warehouse on the city's west side. The plant reportedly will bottle about 35 million gallons of Phoenix tap water a year and employ 40 to 50 people. To many people - and for many reasons - a water-bottling plant in a desert city seems like a bad fit. Some people question how this Valley can support manufacturers and industr...
Jun 13 2016
Living Classroom: AMWUA Plant Pages Come To LifeIn a 3.2-acre space hemmed in by traffic noise, office buildings and warehouse construction sits a living classroom. The University of Arizona's Maricopa County Cooperative Extension is a place to learn by doing - plant and nurture desert landscapes, grow vegetables and herbs, or create a rainwater harvesting system....
Jun 06 2016
Arizona Water Facts: A New Website Built For EveryoneAMWUA works to provide reliable and useful water information and now we have help from a new website called ...
May 30 2016
Common Sense: Tax-Free Water Conservation RebatesMany Southwest cities help their utility customers pay for long-term water-saving changes they make to their homes and yards. These changes can include buying a more water-efficient toilet or replacing grass with low-water-use landscaping. Water conservation ...
May 23 2016
Protect Lake Mead Now To Avoid Future Water CrisisLake Mead has dropped to a historic low with a Colorado River shortage declaration looming as soon as the next couple of years. Arizona's water managers have planned and prepared for a Colorado River shortage for decades. What worries them are projections showing that after a shortage is declared the levels in Lake Mead could swiftly fall and jeopardize the overall health of the Colorado River. To...
May 16 2016
10 Questions To Ask Before Using Laundry Water In Your YardPeople like the idea of reusing laundry water to irrigate their yards. It's called a laundry-to-landscape graywater system. Installing a graywater system is part of a growing movement of homeowners eager to reduce their use of potable (drinking) water....