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On March 20, 2003, Governor Janet Napolitano established the Governor’s Drought Task Force to address the drought issues facing all Arizonans. The Task Force made several recommendations, documented in the "Arizona Drought Preparedness Plan", including that the Governor seek legislative authority for the Arizona Department of Water Resources to require water systems to develop a drought plan. The plan would include mitigation strategies, including a water conservation plan to reduce vulnerability to drought and plan for drought response actions. In addition, the Governor’s Drought Task Force recommended legislative authorization for ADWR to require all water systems to provide consistent and coordinated water supply information to ADWR. The Arizona Legislature passed House Bill 2277 during the 2005 legislative session, creating a requirement for community water systems to develop and submit a System Water Plan to ADWR. The development of these plans is an important step toward improving water resource management planning at both the state and local levels. They will enable the state to identify data gaps and gather much needed information.
Each year, information is requested from cities, towns, private water companies, and water improvement districts in an effort to summarize and document water conservation activities implemented within Active Management Areas.
Groundwater resources of the Prescott AMA continue to be depleted on a regional basis, resulting in decreased groundwater storage in the aquifers of the area. In addition, natural groundwater discharge from the area has decreased with potential impacts on riparian areas and downstream users.
This report presents the results of a questionnaire distributed in March 2003 to almost 600 water providers, municipalities, tribes, and counties in rural Arizona. It includes responses from local water agencies regarding sources of water.
In a rapidly growing desert metropolis such as Phoenix, the question of which water conservation measures and factors actually save water and which do not is an obviously important one. The water-related decisions made today and in the years to come will have lasting impact on the future of this area, including upon its sustainability. Estimates from the City of Phoenix suggest that, in non-SRP-areas, water demand will exceed water supply by the year 2025--absent droughts or intervention.
This report documents and analyzes the results of a multivariate regression analysis designed to estimate the effects on residential, single-family water consumption of a host of factors, particularly water conservation policies.
