WATER CONSERVATION
Dark Sky Community Designation Project
Water conservation means increasing the efficiency of water use, decreasing water waste, and maintaining our high quality of life. Looking to the future of the community, it is critical that we as water users are informed, educated, and empowered to manage our water resources so that the community can continue to thrive.
THE WATER: MORE PRECIOUS THAN GOLD
This program is a demand management program built especially for Gold Canyon. A demand management program is a water conservation program with one important distinction: it expects the water utility to increase efficiency and decrease waste just like the community. This program takes a close look at the existing water conservation efforts put forth by the utility as well as the current water conservation ethic within the community and looks to build new elements that will effectively engage with water users. Those elements are a public engagement program through Facebook, large landscape water audits for commercial water users, and quarterly presentations on various water-related topics relevant to the community.
WATER RESOURCES
Water is an essential element for us to survive in our Sonoran Desert environment. Conserving the water resources we have and ensuring their future availability is critical to current and future residents of Gold Canyon.
Some history and discussion on the Colorado River and the water shortage issues
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We sponsored a presentation on the Central Arizona Project (CAP), which is the system that delivers water from the Colorado River. Please review the linked PowerPoint presentation for background on CAP and how it involves Gold Canyon.
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We also hosted a presentation from our local water provider, Arizona Water Company (AWC). Their PowerPoint presentation can be viewed here. It provides a plethora of information on our water resources, storage systems, and conservation programs available.
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We partnered with Arizona Water Company to create and promote the Water: "More Precious Than Gold" information campaign, a water conservation program tailored to the needs and conditions of Gold Canyon.
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As part of this program, Arizona Water Company is making landscape and irrigation audits available to Gold Canyon HOAs at no cost or obligation. If your HOA is interested in participating, please contact Raluca Mihalcescu at Arizona Water Company, at 602-390-0356 or rmihalcescu@azwater.com.