City of Sierra Vista Water Leadership Team-Making sure it counts! |
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The Mayor and City Council directed the City Manager to form an internal team of senior staff to focus on water mitigation and report the City’s efforts in its water conservation efforts. The mission of the team is to make sure the City focuses efforts on water mitigation through prioritizing water issues in the Sierra Vista Sub-watershed and that those City efforts are measurable, add value to the local community, and consistent with Fort Huachuca’s Biological Opinion.
Team Members: [open/close]
What does the Water Leadership Team do
to ensure the City is moving forward with water sustainability efforts?
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Mission Objectives: [open/close]
- Develop municipal projects and programs to address regional water
issues
- Seek near-term results
- Add value for City residents
- Take actions; measure results
- Develop interdepartmental projects and programs
- Ensure stakeholders have adequate information regarding City water
conservation and mitigation efforts
- Implement projects based on the best available science, studies,
and data
- Compile and analyze Sierra Vista specific water data, including
annual water use data and “fair share” analyses
- Represent City interests and priorities internally and externally
related to water issues
- Assist Fort Huachuca in meeting the goals of the Biological
Opinion
Mission Priorities: [open/close]
- Maximize available funding to achieve the greatest mitigation impacts
- Expand Rebate/Incentive programs for
City residents
- Develop rebate programs for Sierra Vista commercial sector
- Develop and implement municipal strategy to support Fort Huachuca in meeting the requirements of the Biological Opinion
- Ensure City elected officials always have current information on City water projects and programs and can advocate for those programs with all stakeholders
- Expand and improve public outreach efforts
- Maintain and expand the City Water Website
- Review; expand codes and ordinances as needed
- Measure and report - Count drops!
- Develop new programs to provide water conservation practices by our residents
Current Activities: [open/close]
- Continue to review and update codes and ordinances relating to water conservation
- Stress internal operating procedures to ensure they set the standard for water efficiency
- Maintain key messages regarding city plans, programs and achievements to date
- Expand and improve municipal rebate and incentive programs
- Researching expanded opportunities to further assist Fort Huachuca
in meeting the requirements of its Biological Opinion
- Review options and opportunities for rainwater capture and reuse at city facilities
- Assure that the Envirnmental Operations Park attains peak efficiency and achieves maximun recharge potential
- Reviewing options relating to package reclamation treatment facilities
- Ensure that new homes and businesses are water efficient
- Developing a model of how and where our recharge water impacts the sub-basin
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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.
