Water

Action alert:

Joint City/County Water Study Meeting Friday, April 18. Click here for details.

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Local Businesses

  • Solar Store
    "dedicated to providing renewable energy resources, products, and services while addressing the needs of our customers with the highest level of technical and professional competence."
  • Southern Arizona Raingutters & Rainwater Harvesting
    Suppliers for seamless rain gutters and rain water harvesting systems (licensed contractor)
  • Technicians For Sustainability
    "a locally owned, mission-driven company specializing in renewable energy and sustainable technologies for residential and commercial settings."

Other Resources

  • Green Drinks Tucson
    Every month people who work in the environmental field meet up for a drink at informal sessions around the world known as Green Drinks.
  • Handbook for Rooftop Water Harvesting
    This report by the International Water and Sanitation Centre (IRC) is a useful guide to rooftop water harvesting. It is intended for the developing world, but as a community that is transforming itself into a desert-adapted community, that is where we ar
  • Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan (Pima County)
    "What Pima County has now achieved is the integration of all natural resource protection and land use planning activities into one plan."

Global Organizations

Local Discussion Groups

  • Green Drinks Tucson
    Every month people who work in the environmental field meet up for a drink at informal sessions around the world known as Green Drinks.
  • Tucson Permaculture discussion group
    Getting started with projects like growing food, harvesting rainwater, harnessing solar energy? This email discussion group is a good place to post questions, share knowledge, and make connections.

Government Relations

Articles

  • Contribute to the Joint City County Water Study
    The City of Tucson and Pima County invite your early input into the recently launched Joint City/County Water and Wastewater Infrastructure, Supply, and Planning Study. They invite you to share your input on how to make the study process open, inclusive and transparent by submitting your suggestions...
  • Where to Water
    By Katherine Kizilos, published December 5, 2007 by The Age (Australia) The inventor of permaculture is among those calling for backyard farmers to be freed from water restrictions. Katherine Kizilos reports. In a drought year, during an era of climate change, what does it mean to be a responsible...
  • The Climate Cycle is the Water Cycle
    Today, March 22nd, is World Water Day, an international observance that grew out of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro. Worldwide, we see an abundance of water problems. We also see an abundance of solutions. On this World Water Day, thousands of people,...
  • Sustainable Tucson to Follow Up Dr. Jackie King's Visit
    Co writers: Madeline Kiser and Lindianne Sarno Sustainable Tucson will be holding a series of meetings is to follow up on Dr. Jackie King's visit this past summer. City Councilwoman Karin Uhlich is particularly interested in Tucson's followup to Dr. King's visit. Below is an excellent article about...
  • Home Sustainable Home by Tim Vanderpool
    Here's a story from the Tucson Weekly about Sustainable Tucson's hero, Brad Lancaster. Home Sustainable Home A tour of eco-friendly Tucson houses shows the possibilities for a brighter future By TIM VANDERPOOL http://www.tucsonweekly.com/gbase/Currents/Content?oid=oid:88379 There's an insurgent joy...
  • Emerging Water Shortages by Lester Brown
    Africa’s Lake Chad, once a landmark for astronauts circling the earth, is now difficult for them to locate. Surrounded by Chad, Niger, and Nigeria—three countries with some of the world’s fastest-growing populations—the lake has shrunk by 95 percent since the 1960s. The soaring demand for irrigation...