AMWUA Blog
Hotels Get Help To Save More Water And Energy
There is almost always a decision to be made in a hotel bathroom. You can save water and hang up your towel for a second day's use or throw it on the floor, signaling the housekeeper to provide you with a fresh one....
Feb 02 2015
Saving Water: A Global Goal With A Very Local ApplicationCities in the Greater Phoenix Metropolitan Area are willing to give you money and free experts to make water-saving changes in your home or business. But each city creates a different package of water-saving offers. Why? Because it's smart conservation planning....
Jan 26 2015
Goodyear: Fixing A Leak Means Free Baseball TicketsFix a Leak Week is a big deal around here. This year it's even bigger for City of Goodyear baseball fans....
Jan 19 2015
Arizona Needs a Strong, Well-Funded Water Department"In the depths of the Great Recession, the hardest hit state agency was the Department of Water Resources. A wealth of institutional knowledge, vital to maintaining Arizona's relative position with other states in competition for precious water supplies, was lost. . . . Lawmakers need to take this critical agency more seriously. And that means with a wider-open pocketbook."...
Jan 12 2015
Gilbert Transforms Wastewater Storage Into Wetlands RetreatIn 1986, the Town of Gilbert began storing treated wastewater in a pond at Cooper and Elliot roads. It did not surprise town officials that the pond attracted birds, but they were surprised by how many people the birds attracted. Unprepared for birdwatchers, the town fenced the pond....
Jan 05 2015
Want To Reuse Laundry Water In Your Yard? Tempe Is Ready To HelpEach year an average family in the City of Tempe uses about 30,000 gallons of drinking water to wash clothes. Tempe is the first city in the Greater Phoenix Metropolitan Area to help homeowners pay to reroute their laundry water and reuse it to irrigate trees, lawns, and plants....
Dec 29 2014
2015: Cities Can Help You Keep Your Pledge To Save WaterA different sort of national environmental organization has set its sights on Arizona. Change the Course wants to help maintain enough water in Arizona rivers to keep plants, birds and fish healthy, but also keep farmers thriving and faucets flowing in homes and industries....
Dec 22 2014
Let’s Face It, Most Of Us Are Not Frost Cloth PeopleWhen it comes to protecting plants from cold weather, there are two types of desert homeowners: conscientious and casual....
Dec 15 2014
Quaggas Muscle Their Way Into Your City’s Water Delivery SystemA mussel about the size of a dime is breeding by the millions in reservoirs fed by the Colorado River. These invasive creatures, which can grow a little larger than a quarter, threaten the delivery of water to the Greater Phoenix Metropolitan area. They also can cost you and your cities a lot more than small change....
Dec 08 2014
First Water, Then DevelopmentIn 1978, swindler Ned Warren was convicted of 20 counts of fraud for selling land in Arizona without access to water. Two years later, the drafters of the 1980 Arizona Groundwater Management Act decided to put an end to that practice by requiring that an "assured water supply" must be demonstrated in advance of selling subdivision lots. Ironically, Ned Warren died in prison that same year....