City of Sierra Vista–Conservation Codes—Making sustainability happen! |
Over twenty years ago, in 1985, Sierra Vista made its first move toward sustainability by adopting its first water conservation code. It was the first, and for many years the only, governmental water conservation code in the basin. The code established standards for low-flow toilets, faucets, and other water sustainability measures. One of the Water Team’s missions is to ensure that the City reviews and updates the code is regularly to ensure sustainability by expanding water conservation measures.
Development codes include prohibiting turf in new government, commercial, and industrial development; limiting turf in multi-family housing developments and single-family residential development; and providing a comprehensive City approved low-water and drought tolerant plant list available to residents and to be used by landscapers and developers. Other codes include restricting water consumption for lavatories—urinals (waterless), toilets (1.6 gallons per flush), faucets (2 gallons per minute), and showerheads (2.5 gallons per minute). In the kitchen, guidelines require faucets use no more than 2.5 gallons. These comprehensive guidelines assure water consumption is restricted in new housing and commercial development and remodeling.
This is just a small portion of the codes that have been instituted to ensure the sustainability of the Sierra Vista sub-watershed and the San Pedro River. To find out more, read the Sierra Vista Development Codes related to water sustainability and conservation:
Section 151.15 
LANDSCAPING,
WALLS, SCREENING AND BUFFER
151.15.001 |
Purpose |
151.15-1 |
151.15.002 |
General Regulations |
151.15-1 |
151.15.003 |
Native Plant Salvage |
151.15-2 |
151.15.004 |
Landscaping |
151.15-4 |
151.15.005 |
Walls and Screening Devices |
151.15-08 |
151.15.006 |
Buffering and Screening Requirements |
151.15-09 |
151.15.007 |
Low Water Use / |
151.15-11 |
Section 151.16 
WATER
CONSERVATION
151.16.001 |
Purpose |
151.16-1 |
151.16.002 |
Water-Saving Plumbing Fixtures |
151.16-1 |
151.16.003 |
Water Conservation Guidelines |
151.16-3 |
151.16.004 |
Water Use Regulations - All Property |
151.16-3 |
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All data reported by the City of Sierra Vista on this website has been provided by the agencies and groups responsible for water management within the Upper San Pedro sub-basin and reviewed by the Upper San Pedro Partnership. All information is consistent with the information provided by those agencies to the USGS for inclusion in the 2008 Section 321 Report to Congress.