Avondale will maintain a sustainable water supply by thinking progressively, connecting with the community through education, supporting a green economy and continuing to work towards the goal of reducing our overall water footprint.

Free educational water conservation assemblies and classroom presentations. Available upon request on a first-come, first-served basis, until budget extinguished. 

 School Programs

AMWUA says, "Taking small steps can have a big impact. Simply think about how you use water every time you use it, and you’ll quickly find opportunities to save water and money. The following tips and videos from AMWUA will get you started."

Request your landscape books and watering guides :

Please choose which books you would like from the list below and email us at savewater@avondaleaz.gov

1. Landscape plants for the Arizona Desert
2. Xeriscape: Landscaping with Style in the Arizona Desert
3. Watering by the Numbers

Please include your full name, your Avondale water account number, your physical home address and a phone number in the email request.

Or view them online: Landscape Plants for the Arizona Desert; Landscaping with Style; Watering by the Numbers for all your landscaping needs right on your mobile device. 

City of Avondale Drought Preparedness Plan

Public Works Department

Water Resources Division

October 2022

Drought Preparedness Plan Final 2022 

SAMPLE Water Conservation Plan

A.N. Other Inc. (name of company) is implementing the following water conservation measures at 123 N. East Street, Avondale, 85323 (location of facility).

1. PROCESS-RELATED WATER CONSERVATION: (EXAMPLES)

1. Flow monitoring and control installation of water meters on individual pieces of water using equipment can show how water efficient a process is.
2. Reuse or recycling of water within a process or in a different process.
3. Reduce the reject rate for the reverse osmosis units. Reuse the reject water in other process. (Note: Assess the quality of the water before reuse).
4. Implement a leak detection and repair program.

1. LANDSCAPE: (EXAMPLE) Where q = area

Types of irrigation systems:  Irrigation system zoned by vegetation type – sprinklers for turfgrass, drip/bubblers for shrubs and ground cover, bubbler for trees.

Scheduling:  All irrigation, except maintenance checks, is done at night.  Turf is irrigated using ET scheduling.

Other equipment:  Soil moisture sensors, rain shut-off and excessive flow shut-off installed to prevent unnecessary watering or to stop watering in the event of system break.

Types of plants used (drought tolerant, mulches e.g. Decomposed granite)

1. CONSERVATION OF COOLING WATER: (EXAMPLES)

• Cooling towers: Cooling towers should achieve minimum total dissolved solids in the tower blow down of 2000 ppm.
• Blow down water may be re-used to irrigate landscape.
• Elimination of blowdown flow from cooling towers by changing to ozonation.
• Evaporative coolers: Recirculation pumps and reduction in bleed-off. Bleed off water can be used to irrigate landscape.
• Avoid single-pass methods to cool equipment. Where possible reuse the water for irrigation or other cooling purposes.

1. DOMESTIC WATER CONSERVATION: (EXAMPLES)

Installation of the following type of equipment (per City of Avondale Building and Plumbing code):

1. EMPLOYEE EDUCATION: (EXAMPLES)

• Employee Awareness program.
• Bulletins, newsletters, and paycheck stuffers.
• Distribution of water conservation literature.
• Displaying water conservation posters.

Click Here for the required water conservation report paperwork.

Sample plan for reference.