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Sedona recognizes Lehi Springs for yearlong sustainability work after automated meters cut water use
Summary
The Sedona City Council acknowledged Lehi Springs’ Sustainable Neighborhood certification and its water-management project, which residents said tracked a May-to-May savings of about 218,000 gallons. The neighborhood also received a $5,000 grant to support meter installations.
The Sedona City Council on an agenda item about sustainability recognized the Lehi Springs neighborhood for completing the city’s Sustainable Neighborhoods program and for installing an automated water‑metering system that residents say produced immediate water savings.
The recognition followed a presentation by sustainability staff and comments from neighborhood residents who described how the program works and the results of the water‑meter project. "Zach was informed, responsive, explanatory, helpful, friendly, fun," resident Susie Cole Bath said, thanking city staff for support. Russell Kolbaff, the Lehi Springs water‑management team leader, said the neighborhood’s meter system became fully operational April 25 and that, comparing May 2025 with averaged May months from 2023–24, the system tracked a water savings of 218,000 gallons.
The Sustainable Neighborhoods program lets…
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