Resources

A general orientation to the main Water Blueprint map (our most comprehensive resource). Useful for anyone new to ArcGIS or the Water Blueprint.

Learn more about the "groundwater hotspots" within Arizona where there are significant concerns around underreported shrinking groundwater supplies.

Access to safe, reliable drinking water is the foundation of public health, economic opportunity and quality of life. Keeping water affordable is key to ensuring that it is accessible. But most community water system rely on revenues from rate-payers to cover operations and infrastructure cost. This report explains the tensions between keeping water affordable and recouping sufficient revenue to keep a public water system well-maintained. In addition, it analyzes the affordability of rates of over 600 Arizona community water systems. 

This report addresses the challenges and trade-offs involved in achieving water equity within community water systems. It is crucial to balance universal access to safe, clean water with the financial realities of maintaining such systems. Water equity is not just about access, but also involves careful consideration of infrastructure and financial sustainability.

To ensure long-term supplies, Arizona has imposed limitations on future housing developments in the Greater Phoenix area that rely on local groundwater. This report explains these limitations and explores whether and how these limits will impact housing affordability.

A comprehensive summary of the projects underway or under consideration to secure new water supplies for Arizona communities.

This glossary, developed by the Arizona Municipal Water Users Assocation, provides clear definitions of the most commonly used Arizona water terminology.

Learn how and why land use choices such as agriculture, industrial enterprise, housing and natural open space are the primary factors in defining demand for water in central Arizona and explore the interactive map showing the average water-use intensity of community water systems throughout the region. 

As coal power plants and mines are decommissioned, there are opportunities to reallocate water resources for other community and economic needs. This report inventories the water rights and use of coal mines and coal power plants throughout the Colorado River Basin. 

An article about the proposed Yavapai-Apache Nation Water Rights Settlement Agreement.