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Tucson asks staff to study ‘large quantity water user’ rules used by Phoenix
Summary
Council directed Tucson Water to analyze ordinances like Phoenix’s that require extra conservation measures from very large water users and to return in the fall with options for thresholds, design standards and stakeholder processes.
The mayor and council directed Tucson Water to develop policy options for handling “large quantity water users” after council member Nikki Lee asked staff to review steps taken in other Colorado River Basin communities.
What the council asked for: John Kimmick of Tucson Water told council that Phoenix had set two thresholds—250,000 gallons per day (gpd) and 500,000 gpd—at which new or expanding customers would face additional conservation and reuse requirements as part of development approvals. Kimmick said the thresholds equate roughly to 10,000 and 20,000 CCF per month by the city’s billing measure,…
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