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Role of Conservation

Stepping Up Conservation Actions

In order to reduce the overdraft, we must implement effective conservation programs that will reduce the demand for water in all sectors: Residential, Commercial, Institutional, and Industrial. The commitment to support water conservation at the local and regional levels involves a long term commitment to provide the resources to plan and pay for conservation measures.

Many barriers are in the way of municipalities making the commitment to support water conservation. These include underestimating the potential impacts of conservation, negative attitudes toward regulations, and concerns that conserved water will support growth rather than recharging the aquifer. 

Current water conservation programs have only begun to realize the potential for water savings. In the AMA, only Prescott has a good start.

We can easily do better.

DAILY DROPLET

  • "Ranchers need clean water for their stock, farmers need it for their crops, every employer needs it to stay in business, and every living thing needs it for life... The law needs to be clear to protect water quality and the rights of landowners."
    Mark Udall

  • "Water is the driver of Nature."
    Leonardo da Vinci

  • "When the well is dry, we know the worth of water."
    Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard’s Almanac, 1746

  • "...and since flow of information is to spirit what water is to life, we'd best think about how to keep the pipes free and unclogged."
    Raphie Frank

  • "In an age when man has forgotten his origins and is blind even to his most essential needs for survival, water along with other resources has become the victim of his indifference."
    Rachel Carson

  • "We forget that the water cycle and the life cycle are one."
    Jacques Yves Cousteau

  • "Water is life's matter and matrix, mother and medium. There is no life without water."
    Albert Szent-Gyorgyi, 1937 Nobel Prize for Medicine

  • "Water is everywhere and in all living things; we cannot be separated from water. No water, no life. Period..."
    Robert Fulghum

  • "It's the water. Everything is driven by the water."
    Mike Thompson

  • "Whiskey is for drinking; water is for fighting over."
    Mark Twain