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Tucsons One Watershed Future Candice Rupprecht Tucson Water New - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Tucsons One Watershed Future Candice Rupprecht Tucson Water New - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Tucsons One Watershed Future Candice Rupprecht Tucson Water New Mexico WRRI Annual Conference August 15, 2017 Welcome to Tucson, Arizona Preferences shift A typical landscape today Typical Tucson landscape in the 1960s & 1970s
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Preferences shift… A typical landscape today
75 95 115 135 155 175 195
1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015
GPCD
Tucson’s GPCD (1980 - 2015)
Outdoor water use has dropped
- ver 50% in the last 3 decades.
Typical Tucson landscape in the 1960s & 1970s
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Commercial Rainwater Harvesting Residential Rainwater Harvesting Green Streets Policy Neighborhood- Scale Rainwater Harvesting One Watershed Solutions
The Conservation Ethic Sticks
And begins to drive new approach to resiliency…
2010: Ordinance 2012: Rebate Program 2013: New const. policy 2017: Grant Program
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- The water is free.
- The water is better for my plants.
- I need to deal with a flooding problem.
- I want more shade.
- I want a garden.
- I’m tired of my water bills going up.
- I think it’s the “right” thing to do.
- I don’t think we should depend on water from faraway rivers.
“I want to harvest water because… ___________________”
Quality of Life & Community Ethic
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Residential Water Harvesting
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Moving toward One Watershed
- Equity Issues
– Limited-income grants, loans & rebates for water harvesting
- Scalable solutions & Stormwater opportunities
- Integrated planning efforts w/