Our Growing Water Smart Workshop brings local leaders together to craft action plans. Follow-up Technical Assistance helps implement them. Explore our resources and join the network of Growing Water Smart professionals scaling solutions to Arizona’s water challenges.

Since 2020, the Arizona Growing Water Smart Workshop has trained and helped leaders from 32 communities, serving over 44% of Arizona’s residents, to integrate water and land use planning.

Arizona Growing Water Smart Communities

Join Us! Attend the March 2026 Growing Water Smart Workshop

We are now accepting applications for the upcoming Arizona Growing Water Smart workshop, to be held March 23-25, 2026. Applications are due December 5, 2025 by EOD.

LEARN MORE AND APPLY

This workshop is designed for Southern Arizona municipalities and counties; also open to Nogales, Sonora. Please contact us if you are outside of this area and wish to apply.

Follow-Up Technical Assistance

We are not accepting technical assistance applications from Arizona communities at this time.

Recently completed Technical Assistance projects:

• Pima County contracted with McGann & Associates to revise its Landscape Design Manual, including an update to require on-site stormwater infiltration basins to support landscaping. The manual was unanimously adopted by the Pima County Board of Supervisors.
• The Town of Florence contracted with the University of Arizona Water Resources Research Center to draft sustainable water policy recommendations to be integrated into their General Plan.
• The City of Avondale contracted with Carollo Engineers to update the water element of their General Plan with information from their Integrated Water Utility Master Plan.
• The City of Apache Junction contracted with Carollo Engineers to develop a One Water approach for planned area developments.

Interested in attending an upcoming training or supporting our work?
Send us an email at growingwatersmart@sonoraninstitute.org

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