Arizona Water Meter
Read the Arizona Water Meter Report:
- Full Report (2.23 MB .pdf file)
- Executive Summary (358KB .pdf file)
- Scoring Criteria (Appendix A)
- Slideshow from the Arizona "Top Drop" Awards Event
- Buckeye
- Casa Grande
- Chandler
- Clarkdale
- Lake Havasu City
- Mesa
- Payson
- Peoria
- Phoenix
- Prescott
- Safford
- Scottsdale
- Sierra Vista
- Tucson
- Yuma
Detailed Summaries of Community Water Conservation Programs:
Learn more about the statutory water conservation regulations in Arizona by reading this 6-page introduction.
Water supplies in Arizona are already a precious resource. Given estimates that the state will almost double in population over the next 45 years, water supply challenges are only going to become more difficult.
Western Resource Advocates (WRA) promotes urban water conservation as a no-regrets strategy for increasing water supplies — one that is often cheaper, faster, and smarter than “traditional” water supply approaches that rely on obtaining more water from elsewhere. Maximizing water conservation efforts and programs across the state will allow Arizona cities to do more with their existing water supplies.
Our report "Arizona Water Meter" highlights the water conservation programs of 15 Arizona communities and evaluates their programs by seven important water conservation criteria (see below). The communities are Buckeye, Casa Grande, Chandler, Clarkdale, Lake Havasu City, Mesa, Payson, Peoria, Phoenix, Prescott, Safford, Scottsdale, Sierra Vista, Tucson, and Yuma.
These communities represent a diverse cross-section of municipal water providers, and are varied with respect to size, budget, geographic location, ownership structure, and regulatory program. By presenting a broad sample of current conservation practices, utilities, researchers, policy makers, and local communities can make informed decisions about the possibilities that exist for improvement in their own programs.
There are seven criteria that constitute a thorough water conservation program:
- Minimizing per capita water use
- Water rate structures that encourage wise water use
- Community-based water conservation programs
- Conservation ordinances
- Funding for conservation programs
- Stemming system water loss
- Effluent reuse
How Well is Your Arizona Community Doing?
Click on the communities shown on this map to see a snapshot of their water conservation programs.
Links that show how Arizona and its communities successfully engage in water conservation:
- City of Phoenix
- City of Prescott
- City of Tucson
see also Tucson/ Pima County Water Study - Town of Payson
- City of Sierra Vista
- City of Mesa
- Arizona Department of Water Resources water conservation planning