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The Durango Campus Parking Lot, Landscape and Water Conservation Retrofit Project
 The District studied to see how it could accomplish its goal to cut potable water usage on District properties in half. The District concluded that, if water conservation techniques were to be implemented, we could reduce our water use at the Durango Campus to less than 40%.
A Living Lab for Water Conservation Data
 It is often difficult to do something for the first time, and it is important for us to have data to inform the right options to achieve our mission of using stormwater as a resource.
Water conservation techniques are being used on District projects - like the completed 115th and Union Hills Project and the future Powerline Channel - but these projects have only incorporated a few limited techniques. This results in a variety of techniques spread across the 9,200 square miles of Maricopa County.
The Retrofit allows us to have a variety of water conservation techniques all in one place to monitor successes and overall performance. What we learn here will inform our decisions for use of these techniques on future projects.
This learning lab could be used to demonstrate to our partners how they can use these techniques in their future projects. While no one project will reverse the drought, if we collectively use stormwater as a resource, we can make a bigger impact.
Water Conservation Techniques Found In The Project
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Passive Stormwater Capture
Like our flood control projects, several passive stormwater capture techniques will be implemented around the campus.
Water-harvesting basins, permeable pavers and check dams will slow stormwater down. This will allow the ground to absorb the water, reducing potable water use on landscaping.
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Active Stormwater Capture
Seven water harvesting cisterns, with a capacity of 50,000 gallons, are proposed for collecting stormwater off of the Admin building, Operations building and the shade structures.
District modeling shows that there is the potential of 307,000 gallons of rain water that could be captured off of roof structures.
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Cities Are Learning to Manage Urban Stormwater
A new report offers the first assessment of the systems in place using green infrastructure to manage stormwater.
NACo Award Winning Program
Maricopa County takes innovative steps to address future water demand.
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Flood Control District | 2801 West Durango Street | 602-506-1501
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