• The San Pedro River flows north from its headwaters in Mexico, near Cananea. Over the years, the City of Sierra Vista has built a good relationship with the local government and residents of Cananea, Sonora, Mexico through its Sister Cities program. In addition, whenever possible, members of the Upper San Pedro Partnership collaborate with private and public groups in Mexico on issues related to the San Pedro River.
• According to the Upper San Pedro Partnership, almost 70% of all active water mitigation in 2004 was achieved by the City of Sierra Vista.
• As of 2004, almost 35% of all the water pumped for use in Sierra Vista (including Fort Huachuca) was returned to the aquifer.
• Water conservation efforts aren't new to the City of Sierra Vista.  In 1985, the City began identifying and evaluating various options to promote conservation, and adopted its first surface water plan and its first ordinance requiring water saving plumbing fixtures.
• Starting in 1999, Sierra Vista required waterless urinals in all new commercial facilities installing urinals, including all remodels and retrofits.
• All artificial lakes, ponds or other water features in Sierra Vista are limited to 500 square feet.
• Use of turf is prohibited in new governmental, commercial and industrial development.
• Use of turf in the front yard of new residential development is restricted to no more than 200 square feet.
• The City's Water Resources Center focuses on incentive-based conservation alternatives, and on providing options and opportunities for saving water.
• The City of Sierra Vista and the other members of the Upper San Pedro Partnership are committed to managing groundwater in a way that it can be “maintained for an indefinite period of time, without causing unacceptable environmental, economic, or social consequences.”
• Drought, monsoons and winter rainfall are beyond the City's control.  Constant, careful attention to water resources is not.
• The City's water reclamation facility returns more than 2,200 acre-feet of treated water to the aquifer each year.
• Both new commercial developments and new residential subdivision developments are required to reduce water run-off to match pre-development conditions.
• City irrigation standards regulate watering on steep slopes in new developments, in narrow medians, adjacent to curbs and other problem locations – to prevent wasted water in areas that don't require it.
• To date, The City's toilet rebate program has been an annual “sellout” and has thus far in its 7-year history involved 750 households in the replacement of more than 1,200 high-flow toilets with new low-flow models.  This single program has saved 36 acre-feet of water (almost 12 million gallons) since its inception.

Despite everyone's best efforts, there is still more water being removed from the aquifer every year than is replaced through natural recharge and water management efforts.  As the community continues to grow, future planning and implementation of further water mitigation efforts will remain a top priority for the City of Sierra Vista.