The following are links to booklets, brochures, pamphlets, and other publications from Tucson Water and its partners.

Titles marked with an asterisk (*) can be mailed to you upon request. Send your name, address, and title selections to waterleaks@tucsonaz.gov or contact us at (520) 791-4331.

For Tucson Water media releases, current and archived, click here.

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Conservation   Water Quality    Planning   Construction   General Info   Espanol

Your Water Connection (Monthly Bill Insert)

Conservation

Publications

• * Homeowners' Guide to Using Water Wisely (pdf; 5 Mb)
• * Landscape Plants for the Arizona Desert (partner resource)
• * Landscape Watering by the Numbers (pdf; 2 Mb - partner resource)
• * Xeriscape: Landscaping with Style in the Sonoran Desert (partner resource)
•   Water Harvesting Guidance Manual (pdf; 2 Mb - partner resource)
• * Harvesting Rainwater for Landscape Use (2nd Edition) (pdf; 5 Mb - partner resource)
• * Sweetwater Wetlands Activity Book and Field Guide (pdf; 12 Mb)
• * Water-Wise Landscaping for Southern Arizona (cd)

• For Kids

• Beat the Peak Summer Activity Books - Adventures with Pete the Beak

             Public Service Announcements (wmv files require Windows Media Player)

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• Click 2 Save H₂O Virtual Press Conference (Beat the Peak 2009) (wmv; 12 Mb)
• Join the Conservation Campaign (Beat the Peak 2008) (wmv; 2 Mb)
• Conservation Idol (Beat the Peak 2007) (wmv; 2 Mb)
• Water: Treasure It! (Beat the Peak 2006) (wmv; 8 Mb)
• Not So Extreme Makeover (Beat the Peak 2005) (wmv; 2 Mb)
• Da Drops (YouTube video)

• Links
  - Rebates and Incentives
  - Gray Water Information

Water Quality

Reports and Newsletters

• Consumer Confidence Report - Annual Water Quality Reports
• Detailed Monthly Water Quality Data
• EMPACT News Spring 2011 - Monthly Water Quality Newsletter (pdf; 2 Mb)
• EMPACT Newsletter Archive
• Other Reports and Studies - Archive

Publications

• What Is Hard Water (new, pdf, 145 Kb, April 2012)
• Phosphates (No, Your Dishwasher Isn't Broken) (new, pdf, 163 Kb, April 2012)
• Hard Facts about Hard Water (pdf; 447 Kb)
• Got Milk(y Water)? (pdf; 82 Kb)
• Your Drinking Water… It's a Matter of Taste (pdf; 1 Mb)
• Navigating the Waters - Your Guide to Home Treatment Systems (pdf; 2 Mb)
• What's In Your Water - General (pdf; 209 Kb)
• What's In Your Water - Chlorine and Coliform (pdf; 88 Kb)
• What's In Your Water - Minerals and Hardness (pdf; 82 Kb)
• What's In Your Water - pH and Temperature (pdf; 84 Kb)
• What's In Your Water - Sodium and Fluoride (pdf; 102 Kb)
• What's In Your Water - Trihalomethanes and Nitrates as Nitrogen (pdf; 82 Kb)

Resource Planning

Links

• Clearwater Project
• System Equity Fee

Reports and Newsletters

• Annual Drought Monitoring Report - July 2011 (30 pages, pdf, 246 Mb)
• Drought Preparedness and Response Plan
• Long Range Water Plan
• * Drought Response Preparedness Stages brochure (pdf 91.05 Kb)
• Community Conservation Task Force Report Water Efficiency: Water Conservation Program Recommendations for Tucson’s Future (pdf; 1 Mb)
• Solar Energy Site Assessment (Phase 1) - Final Report (pdf; 6 Mb)

Tucson Water Annual Financial Reports

Public Service Announcements (wmv files require Windows Media Player)

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• Decision H2O (wmv; 2 Mb)
• Clearwater Recharge Basins (wmv; 7 Mb)
• New Avra Valley Wells (wmv; 994 Kb)

Construction

Links

• Reclaimed Water
• Backflow Prevention
• Backflow Standard Details

Reports and Newsletters

• Annual Reclaimed Water Newsletters

Publications

• Water Meter Replacement Program FAQs (pdf; 14 Mb)
• Design Standards Manual
• Standard Specifications and Details Manual

General Information

• Tucson Water Limited English Proficiency Plan (pdf; 3 Mb)
• Automated Bill Payment Application

Informacion en espanol

Conexiones

• Pago Automatico de Facturas (pdf; 68Kb)

Informes y Noticias

• EMPACT Noticias - Informacion del Agua Hoy (Primavera 2011)
• EMPACT Noticias - Archive

Publicaciones

• * Su Agua Potable… Es Cuestión de Gusto (pdf; 1 Mb)
• * Navegando las Aguas - Su Guía de Sistemas Domésticos de Tratamiento (pdf; 2 Mb)
• * ¿Que Contiene Su Agua? - General (pdf; 210 Kb)
• * ¿Que Contiene Su Agua? - Cloro y Bacterias Coliformes (pdf; 91 Kb)
• * ¿Que Contiene Su Agua? - Minerales y Dureza (pdf; 85 Kb)
• * ¿Que Contiene Su Agua? - pH y Temperatura (pdf; 88 Kb)
• * ¿Que Contiene Su Agua? - Sodio y Fluoruro (pdf; 95 Kb)
• * ¿Que Contiene Su Agua? - Trihalometanos y Nitratos como Nitrógeno (pdf; 85 Kb)
• * Uso de Aguas Grises en el Hogar (pdf; 87 Kb)

Videos

• Campana por Conservacion (Beat the Peak 2008) (wmv; 2 Mb)
• Agua En Su Vecindario (wmv; 2 Mb)
• ¿Con Quiene confia usted? (wmv; 2 Mb)
• Cosechar su agua (wmv; 1 Mb)
• Programa Zanjero (wmv; 2 Mb)
• Decisión H2O (wmv; 2 Mb)