Welcome to Citizens Water Advocacy Group

Founded in 2002, the Citizens Water Advocacy Group (CWAG) is a local science-based citizens group dedicated to working for a sustainable water future for the Prescott Active Management Area and to protecting the upper Verde River. We see two fundamental challenges to sustainable water management:
     • Our water supply is dependent on groundwater; we are depleting our groundwater reserves because we are pumping too much.
     • Excessive groundwater pumping and climate change are reducing the flow of the upper Verde River.

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Current Issues:

OpEd: Population growth versus water
CWAG Statement on Prescott Water Policy
CWAG Fundraising Campaign
Share your required IRA distributions with CWAG!
OpEd: Verde River: Stewardship versus ownership
Eleven Reasons To Protect The Verde
Climate Change & Groundwater Pumping - Big Chino Valley
Babbitt: Big Chino, the Verde River: a time for action
Rainwater Harvesting and Water Budget
Op Ed: Legislators fail to protect our groundwater and rivers