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Single‑family yards account for largest share of Phoenix water use, city trainer says
Summary
A City of Phoenix volunteer trainer told Water Wrangler volunteers that single‑family residences use about 51% of the water Phoenix supplies and outdoor residential use alone exceeds 30%, representing a major opportunity for conservation.
A volunteer coordinator with the City of Phoenix Water Department told trainees that single‑family homes account for roughly 51% of the water the utility supplies, and that outdoor residential watering alone is over 30% of delivered water.
That distribution means "about a third of the water that the water services department delivers in a year is going to water in your yard," the volunteer coordinator said, underscoring the agency's message that household…
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