AMWUA Blog

When Are You Willing To Pay A Little More?
When are you willing to pay a little more? Perhaps you’ll pay more for steak that is a little better grade, a contractor who is licensed or a car that saves gas. What about a reliable water supply? The water you drink, that flushes your toilet, provides a warm shower and keeps the trees alive in your yard....

Mar 17 2014
A Running Toilet: Is This The Best We Can Do?On March 22, some good sport in the water community will once again struggle into a 6-foot-tall toilet costume and lead the One for Water 4-Miler Race around Rio Vista Community Park in Peoria. The photo of the running toilet is re-tweeted more than any water conservation event in the Greater Phoenix Metropolitan Area. It must cross people’s minds: Is a silly pun the best a desert metropolis can d...

Mar 09 2014
Tres Rios Wetlands: Not Just For The BirdsOn the industrial southwestern edge of Phoenix where the city bumps up against farmland, Great Blue Herons, beavers and bobcats roam the Tres Rios Wetlands, a man-made 500-acre wildlife haven....