Stakeholder Page- Arizona
ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES
With more than 125 years of experience in adapting to one of the most arid climates in the United States and due to our junior priority status on the Colorado River, Arizona has been proactively building resilience and implementing innovative water management strategies to secure dependable water supplies for our future.
Arizona’s population has grown steadily over the years, to more than 5 times and our economy has ballooned to more than 17 times that in 1955, however, through significant investments in conservation, reuse and infrastructure, our water use is essentially the same as it was more than half a century ago.
Arizona leads the nation in the implementation of water efficient reuse programs. More than 95% of treated wastewater generated within Central Arizona (including areas served by the Central Arizona Project and the Salt River Project) serve beneficial uses including agriculture, municipal, groundwater recharge, power generation, industrial, and turf irrigation.
These water supplies support ecologically vital wetland restoration that benefits our unique southwestern flora and fauna, as well as helping to achieve the State of Arizona’s water management goal of Safe-Yield for the Phoenix and Tucson Groundwater Basins.
