conservation

To appreciate how useful the “Arizona Water Blueprint” may be someday to Arizonans interested in their water supplies (in short, all of them), let’s consider the demise of the slide rule.

So… are you water-aware?

Since a 2008 gubernatorial proclamation declaring each April “Water Awareness Month,” Arizonans across the State have responded with commitments to water conservation.

Which is important, of course.

A recent Arizona Daily Star story reports that research performed by Tucson Water found that the 720 homeowners in its rebate program save an average of 748 gallons per month using cisterns and other water-harvesting apparatus.

For many years it has been clear that Arizonans are not much in need of lectures urging them to conserve water. This is the state, after all, that today is using less water than it did in 1957.

They are, however, hungry for knowledge. What are the best ways for the average resident of Arizona to conserve water?

According to lore, the federal Bureau of Reclamation – the managing agency of the Colorado River system – often takes advantage of the annual gathering of Colorado River states and water-users held each December to make big announcements.