Central Arizona Water Conservation District
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2+ Facts
The first two are essential so that we
even talk about the right thing - this is bigger than lawns and golf courses
The rest are what everyone needs to know
if we hope to get out of the drought

Fact 1: "Dead Pool"
895 "elevation feet" is the level below which Hoover Dam cannot supply water to the Colorado River south of the dam, the source of 40% of Phoenix and Central Arizona's water.
Fact 2
74% of Arizona Water Use is Agricultural*
Only 26% of Arizona's water use is urban, commercial and residential.
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The majority of Arizona's water use, more than 70% - is agricultural.
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While urban communities: can, will and should do more to curb water waste and increase water yield,
... the only way to correctly understand Arizona's water problem is as an agricultural water supply problem.
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Broken down tabularly:
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All water consumption: 7,100,000 acre feet
2.3 trillion gallons
Agricultural consumption: 5.25 million acre feet
1.7 trillion gallons
All non-agricultural use: 1.36 million acre feet
603 billion gallons
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While urban communities cannot, by themselves, solve an agricultural problem, there is much they can do to help. Keep reading to learn how.
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Fact 3
Arizona Must Reduce Water Consumption 25%
(probably more)
The federal government mandates it* because if we don't Lake Mead will hit "Dead Pool" and Phoenix as well as Maricopa, Pima and Pinal counties will lose 40% of their water
To reverse the crisis at Lakes Mead and Powell, the federal government is directing states supplied by the Colorado River to reduce their consumption by 25%.
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More specifically: Arizona and surrounding states must reduce water use by 650 billion to 1.3 trillion gallons per year.
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*"New water cuts coming for Southwest as Colorado River falls into Tier 2 shortage", CNN, 16-August-2022
Fact 4
We Can Do It!
At Lower Cost than You've been Told
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Because Israel Has Demonstrated
Just Exactly How
Click here to lean how Israel set the example for how desert communities like Arizona can reverse a drought, and prosper!
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For a longer (8-minute) treatment on the Israel success story watch this video - skip to 4:13 for the most important part
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(Psst! : it's not desalination!)
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Click here for a slow-walk through
the plan to
a) save hundreds of billions of gallons of water and
b) recover hundreds of billions more,
A plan that will get Arizona and the desert southwest to the other side of this drought
