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UH, LET'S CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.[1. CALL TO ORDER/PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE/MOMENT OF SILENCE]
THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE PUBLIC, PUBLIC, WHICH STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR.
AND JOIN ME FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
AND WE'RE, WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT AGAIN FOR IN HONOR OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, PETE, WHO HAD VERY CRITICAL SURGERY, BUT IT'S RECOVER.
BUT LET'S USE A MOMENT OF SILENCE AND PRAYER FOR PETE FURMAN.
[2. ROLL CALL]
MADAM.DEPUTY CLERK ROLL CALL PLEASE.
[3.a. AB 3079 Presentation/discussion regarding the City of Sedona and Arizona Water Company's collaborative work on a local Water Resource Assessment and Integrated Water Demand Management Program.]
THREE.A AB 30 79 PRESENTATION DISCUSSION REGARDING THE CITY OF SEDONA AND ARIZONA AND INTEGRATED WATER DEMAND MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.
SO, UH, JOHN, YOU GOING TO START THIS OR WHO IS GOING TO, UH, WE'RE GONNA MOVE HERE.
IF YOU WANNA USE THE POINTER, USE THIS.
IT SHOWS UP FOR THE FOLKS VIEWING IT ON THE TV.
WHAT NOW? IF YOU NEED TO USE A PHONE, JUST USE THE MOUSE.
OH, IT'LL SHOW UP BECAUSE THEN IT SHOWS UP ON THE TV.
HOW ARE YOU ADVANCING? HOW ARE WE ADVANCING? OKAY.
NOW IS BRYCE GONNA BE JOINING US ON TEAMS? HOW'S THAT GONNA WORK? JUST ADVANCE ON THE ARROW.
ARE WE READY? I JUST WANNA CONFIRM ONE THING.
MARCY, UH, BRYCE, HE SHOULD BE ON TEAMS, RIGHT? BUT IS HE, IS HE ON PROBABLY DOWN ON THE SCREEN.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T LOSE HIM.
UH, MAYOR JABLIN AND, UH, COUNSEL, UM, FOR US TO CATCH UP ON SOME TRANS, UM, THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF OR TWO SINCE WE LAST MET.
YOU ALL KNOW ME, BUT I'M THE DIVISION MANAGER FOR ARIZONA WATER COMPANY, UH, MANAGER OVER THE NORTHERN GROUP, OR, OR THE VERDE VALLEY DIVISION, WHICH IS PART OF THE NORTHERN GROUP.
UM, SEDONA, PINEWOOD RIM ROCK AND LAKE MONTEZUMA.
AND TODAY, UH, BROUGHT WITH ME TERRY SUE ROSSI, WHO IS OUR VICE PRESIDENT OF WATER RESOURCES AT ARIZONA WATER COMPANY.
UH, SHE CAN FILL YOU IN MORE ON, ON WHAT SHE DOES, UM, WHEN SHE, WHEN IT'S HER TURN.
RON DOBA IS HERE REPRESENTING THE NORTHERN ARIZONA MUNICIPAL WATER USERS ASSOCIATION AND THE COCONINO PLATEAU WATER PARTNERSHIP COUNCIL.
AND HE'LL, HE'LL EXPLAIN WHAT HIS MISSION IS THERE.
AND NATHAN MAY, NATHAN MILLER FROM MATRIX NEW WORLD, WHO HAS BEEN WORKING, UH, ON A WATER MODEL, UH, FOR THIS REGION, ALONG WITH THE WATER MODEL THAT, UH, RON, RON WILL DISCUSS ALSO UP IN THE NORTH, UH, NORTH OF THIS HERE.
AND LUCILA OUR WATERS CONSERVATION COORDINATOR.
UM, UH, SHE'S OUR WATER CONSERVATION CONSERVATION COORDINATOR.
I WILL GO JUST QUICKLY OVER WHAT WE'RE GONNA COVER TODAY.
UM, I'M GONNA DO A REAL BRIEF, A WC STATEWIDE OVERVIEW OVERVIEW FROM MY SIDE, UH, TER.
THEN WE'RE GONNA GO INTO THE SEDONA SYSTEM UPDATES, WHICH I'LL COVER.
AND TERRY SUE WILL GO INTO THE A WC WATER RESOURCES STRATEGY AND THE REGIONAL WATER RESOURCE PLANNING.
UH, RON? YEAH, RON WILL BE IN ON THAT WATER RESOURCE PLANNING.
AND THE, UM, LOCAL WATER RESOURCE PLANNING.
THE INTEGRATED DEMAND MANAGEMENT PROGRAM PROGRAM WILL BE, UH, EUCA.
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE CLOSING REMARKS.
WHERE'S NATHAN IN THERE? RON? RON DOES THE REGIONAL NATHAN'S.
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THE LOCAL WATER.THE WATER MODEL HE'S WORKING ON HERE FOR THE REGION.
JUST A LITTLE BIT ON ARIZONA WATER COMPANY.
ARIZONA WATER COMPANY WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1955.
UM, TRANSITIONED FROM OWNERSHIP FROM A PS.
UH, IT'S A US OWNED AND FAMILY OPERATED BUSINESS.
IT'S THE SECOND LARGEST INVESTOR OWNED UTILITY IN ARIZONA.
WE'RE CURRENTLY SERVING EIGHT COUNTIES, 14 INCORPORATED AREAS.
24 WATER SYSTEMS. 105,000 CONNECTIONS.
300,000 PEOPLE SERVED IN POPULATION AND 261 EMPLOYEES HERE LOCALLY.
THE DIVISION THAT I MANAGE HAS ABOUT 11,000 OF THOSE SERVICE CONNECTIONS AND APPROXIMATELY 6,800 OF THE SERVICE CONNECTIONS ARE ARE HERE IN, IN SEDONA.
A COUPLE UPDATES THAT I THINK WE WILL BE OF INTERESTED IN.
I'LL START WITH THE EAST SEDONA TANK.
I'M SURE THAT SOME OF YOU HAVE DRIVEN BY THERE AND WATCHED THAT, UH, PROGRESS.
AND, UH, RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN THE PROCESS AND JUST ABOUT FINISHED BURYING THE TANK, ALL THAT.
ALL THAT'S EXPOSED NOW IS THE ROOF OF THE TANK THAT THEY ARE, UM, GOING NOW TO START VERTICAL ON THE BUILDINGS THAT ARE GONNA BE ON THE ROOF, THAT HOUSE THE PUMPS AND THE, UM, AND THE, AND THE ELECTRICAL ROOM.
AND THEY'LL BE SHORTLY STARTING TO HAUL IN THE BOULDERS THAT ARE GOING TO BE USED FOR THE RIP WRAP ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE TANK.
AND IT'S COMING TOGETHER PRETTY GOOD.
UM, WE HAVE THE TANK FULL OF WATER RIGHT NOW.
THEY PASSED ALL THE LEAKAGE TESTS AND HYDROSTATIC TESTING, AND AT SOME POINT WE'LL BE, UM, DRAINING THE TANK TO REFILL IT.
THE NEXT TIME WE REFILL IT, WE'LL BE REFILLING IT FOR, FOR USE.
AND, UM, HAVING ALL THE APPROVALS FROM A DEQ TO START USING THE TANK.
UM, THERE WAS A PERIOD OF TIME THERE, WE THOUGHT THEY MIGHT BE PUMPING WATER HERE.
IT STILL POSSIBLY COULD HAPPEN PUMPING WATER USED AND USEFUL BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.
UM, MY MY OBSERVATION IS THAT IT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE JUST A LITTLE BIT AFTER THAT, BUT THEY ARE STILL SCHEDULED TO FINISH THE TANK IN THE YEAR AND A HALF OPERATION STATUS FOR, UH, THE, THE SYSTEM HERE IN SEDONA.
WE'RE RUNNING ON ALL EIGHT CYLINDERS RIGHT NOW.
WE, UM, WE HAVE ALL OUR WELLS UP.
ALL, ALL OF OUR TANKS ARE IN SERVICE.
UM, AND WE ARE PRETTY MUCH ON CRUISE CONTROL GOING INTO THE WINTER.
A LOT, A LOT OF TIMES THE SUMMER IS PRETTY HARD ON OUR EQUIPMENT.
UM, BUT WE, WE STAYED ON TOP OF IT AND, UM, WE'RE RUNNING PRETTY WELL.
THE SEDONA OPERATIONS CENTER, THE RELICS BUILDING IS ANOTHER POINT OF INTEREST FOR YOU ALL I KNOW IN THE PAST.
UM, WE ARE GOING TO BE SEEING THAT WE WILL BE TOGETHER ON NOVEMBER 20TH AS, UH, UH, WE'RE GONNA GO ON A LITTLE TOUR OF THE SYSTEM.
AND, UH, THAT'S ONE OF THE SPOTS THAT WE WILL STOP AND GO IN AND SEE.
WE'LL BE, WE BE THE RELICS BUILDING AND I CAN FILL YOU IN A LITTLE MORE ON WHAT, WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE.
THEN, UH, PROJECTS THAT WE'VE, UM, BEEN WORKING ON WITH, UH, CITY OF SEDONA.
WE'VE BEEN MEETING WITH ANDY AND HIS TEAM AND PUBLIC WORKS TO, UM, GO OVER, UM, UPCOMING PROJECTS AND PROJECTS THAT ARE COMPLETED.
AND I'M GONNA FIND MY CHEAT SHEET RIGHT HERE, BUT I LOST IT.
THE FOREST ROAD PROJECT, THE WATER LINE IS COMPLETE IN THIS PHASE THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
THEY'RE WORKING ON THE, AS-BUILTS TO HAVE THEM APPROVED BY A DEQ TO GET THE APPROVAL OF CONSTRUCTION.
AND THEN THEY WILL BE TYING THAT IN.
AND THE TEMPORARY LINE, UH, TAKEN OUT, THAT'S UP AT THE UPPER END OF THAT PROJECT, UH, THAT KEPT WATER TO THE CUSTOMERS THAT ARE ON THAT LINE.
UH, THE AKKA P CROSSING, I THINK WE COMPLETED OUR WORK PRETTY EARLY ON IN THAT PROJECT.
THAT WAS PRETTY MINIMAL, UH, FOR WHAT WE HAD TO DO.
BUT THERE WERE SOME ADJUSTMENTS DOWN THERE, AND THAT'S ALWAYS A HARD PLACE TO WORK DOWN THERE ALONG THE CREEK.
UM, EVERYTHING'S REALLY DEEP, UH, THE WESTERN GATEWAY THAT'S, THAT'S BEEN MOVING ON FOR YOU FOLKS.
I KNOW I SEE A LOT OF IT IN THE NEWSPAPER.
WE'VE BEEN, UM, COMMUNICATING WITH, UH, PUBLIC WORKS AND ANDY AND HIS TEAM TO, UM, START GETTING FAMILIAR WITH THAT PROJECT IN TERMS OF WHAT, WHAT IT'S GONNA TAKE FOR, TO SERVE, TO SERVE WHATEVER'S GOING TO HAPPEN THERE.
AND, UM, FIND, UH, A PLACE FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, WHATEVER INFRASTRUCTURE'S GONNA BE NEEDED TO SERVE, TO SERVE THAT AREA.
THAT ONE'S, THAT PROJECT'S GOING TO BE KICKING OFF, UH, SHORTLY FOR, FOR THE CITY.
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WE HAVE SOME INVOLVEMENT THERE.UH, RANGER BREWER, SAME THING.
THERE'S L LESS CONFLICT, BUT I BELIEVE THAT THERE IS OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GET SOME PIPE IN THE GROUND THERE TO, UM, TO SERVE FOR FUTURE SO THAT WE WON'T HAVE TO GET BACK IN THERE AGAIN SOMEDAY.
AND THEN COMING UP HERE REAL SOON IS THE ON DANTE SHARED USE PATH.
UH, AND I THINK WE JUST ACQUIRED 60% PLANS FOR THAT PROJECT, AND OUR ENGINEERS ARE GOING OVER THOSE NOW TO SEE WHAT KIND OF CONFLICTS MIGHT BE, BE INVOLVED THERE.
AND I THINK WE'LL WAIT FOR HER QUESTIONS TILL THE END, IF YOU HAVE ANY.
BUT WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO TERRY.
UH, IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE.
UH, MY NAME'S TERRY SUE ROSSI.
I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT OF WATER RESOURCES FOR ARIZONA WATER COMPANY.
UM, I'VE WORKED IN WATER RESOURCES IN ARIZONA FOR, I HATE TO ADMIT THIS NEARLY 40 YEARS.
UM, BUT, UH, I'VE BEEN WITH ARIZONA WATER COMPANY FOR ABOUT FIVE OF THOSE YEARS.
UH, IT'S MY PLEASURE TO BE HERE.
UM, THE FIRST THING I WANNA SAY IS WE'VE NOW BEEN WORKING WITH YOUR STAFF FOR, UH, ON, ON THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE FOR, I'M GONNA SAY A YEAR AND A HALF.
AND I JUST HAVE TO TELL YOU, IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE.
UH, WE, WE MEET, WE USED TO MEET MONTHLY, NOW WE'RE MEETING QUARTERLY.
WE DID A WORKSHOP, WHICH I'M GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT TODAY, BACK IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR.
AND I WILL GO SO FAR AS TO SAY THAT WE BONDED DURING THAT THREE DAY PERIOD,
AND I JUST WANNA TELL YOU, THEY'RE, THEY'RE JUST AN ABSOLUTE PLEASURE.
AND, UM, IT'S BEEN A VERY, UH, VERY PRODUCTIVE, VERY FUN PARTNERSHIP.
SO THANK YOU FOR, UH, ALLOWING YOUR STAFF TO WORK WITH US IN THIS ENDEAVOR.
AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE BRYCE, WHO'S NOT IN THE ROOM.
UM, SO I WANTED TO BEGIN BY JUST TALKING ABOUT, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID EARLY ON WAS WE DEVELOPED A WATER RESOURCE STRATEGY.
AND BY WE, WHAT I MEAN IS IF YOU COULD MAKE THAT GO FORWARD THERE, THERE YOU GO.
UM, THE GROUP, SO OUR JOINT PARTNERSHIP MET STARTING IN, I'M THINKING AROUND THE JUNE TIMEFRAME.
AND WE PUT TOGETHER THIS PARTICULAR OBJECTIVE AND STRATEGY.
AND SO THE OBJECTIVE IS TO CREATE, MANAGE, AND PROTECT A SUSTAINABLE WATER SUPPLY FOR ALL WHO LIVE VISIT, DO BUSINESS IN SEDONA, OUR CONSTITUENTS, BUSINESS VISITORS AND CUSTOMERS.
AND THEN THERE ARE SORT OF FOUR BASIC STRATEGIES THAT WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS.
ONE IS TO PRESERVE OUR EXISTING WATER RESOURCE ASSETS, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE BOTH EFFLUENT AND GROUNDWATER TO USE ALL OF THE SUPPLIES AS EFFICIENTLY AS POSSIBLE.
AND WE'RE GONNA SPEND SOME TIME TALKING ABOUT THE RIPPLE EFFECT PROGRAM HERE TODAY.
RE LUKA WILL BE DOING THAT, PROTECTING THE LOCAL WATER SUPPLIES AND ULTIMATELY MAKING SMART DECISIONS ABOUT GROWTH.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN ALL THE ACTIVITIES THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING.
IN JUNE, WE PUT TOGETHER A WORK PLAN THAT INCLUDED FIVE TRACKS.
WE DEVELOPED AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE HYDROLOGY OF THE AREA, AND THAT WAS A STUDY THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER BY BRAD HILL.
WE ACTUALLY PRESENTED AT ABOUT THIS TIME OF YEAR LAST YEAR TO THE COUNCIL.
UM, WE TRACK TWO WAS DETERMINED TO DETERMINE EXISTING AND COMMITTED DEMANDS, AND WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT, UM, FOR THE LAST YEAR OR SO.
AND THEN WE, UH, I'VE ALSO BEEN WORKING ON FUTURE DEMANDS, WHICH IS TRACK THREE.
TRACK FOUR WAS TO INCORPORATE THAT WORK INTO WATER BUDGETS AND PREPARE WATER RESOURCES GOALS, AND, UM, AND THINK ABOUT THE WATER AND SUPPLY BALANCE.
AND IT WAS ALSO FOR THE PURPOSE OF DOING SOME MODELING.
AND WE'RE ALSO GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE MODELING TODAY AS WELL.
AND THEN THE FOURTH, THE FIFTH TRACK WAS TO DEVELOP THE INTEGRATED DEMAND MANAGEMENT PLAN.
SO WE'LL GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WHERE THAT'S AT.
UH, WE LAUNCHED THAT BACK IN OCTOBER OF 2023.
UM, AND, UH, AND SO WE'VE BEEN OPERATING IT A LITTLE OVER A YEAR NOW.
UH, HERE'S A PICTURE OF US AT THE GROWING WATER SMART WORKSHOP.
THIS IS, UM, THIS IS A WORKSHOP THAT'S PUT ON BY THE BABBITT CENTER, ACTUALLY, SPECIFICALLY THE SONORAN INSTITUTE.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S OUR TEAM THAT DAY.
AND, UM, AND THAT WAS, UH, WE HAD ORIGINALLY PLANNED TO GO TO THAT WORKSHOP IN THE EARLY PART OF 2023, BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH SPACE FOR US.
SO WE USED THAT OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE OUR ORIGINAL WORK PLAN AND REALLY WHAT I WOULD CALL, RE MANEUVER OR REPOSITION THAT, BECAUSE THE PURPOSE OF THIS WORKSHOP IS TO, UH, WORK, IS TO, TO WORK TOWARDS LAND AND WATER USE PLANNING, AND TO GO AWAY WITH AN ACTION PLAN OF SPECIFIC THINGS YOU'RE GONNA DO.
SO THIS WAS OUR ACTION PLAN, OUR GOALS THAT WE CAME OUT OUT WITH.
AND THEY, WE, WE NAMED THE SUSTAINABLE WATER ACTION PLAN.
AND SO, GOAL NUMBER ONE IS TO INTEGRATE THE CRITICAL WATER AND WASTEWATER DATA SUPPORT LEADERSHIP DECISIONS FOR CREATING THE SUSTAINABLE WATER SUPPLY.
AND THAT WAS REALLY BASED ON THE TASKS YOU SAW EARLIER, WHICH WAS PUTTING TOGETHER THE EXISTING AND THE FUTURE DEMANDS AND COMING UP WITH A WATER AND SUPPLY DEMAND ANALYSIS, AND ALSO, UH, WORKING TOWARDS THE GROUNDWATER MODELING.
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TWO IS THE PUBLIC EDUCATION, UH, ABOUT THE SWAP INITIATIVE.AND A LOT OF THAT HAS KIND OF MORPHED INTO HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE EXPLAINING THESE, THESE, UH, SUSTAINABLE WATER ACTIVITIES THAT WE'RE DOING WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE RIPPLE EFFECT PROGRAM.
GOAL NUMBER THREE WAS TO PROVIDE THE COUNCIL WITH INFORMATION TO SUPPORT THE SUSTAINABLE WATER ACTION PLAN.
AND THIS PARTICULAR MEETING IS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE'VE MET WITH YOU SINCE WE WENT THROUGH THE GROWING WATER SMART, UM, THE GROWING WATER SMART PROJECT.
SO THIS GOAL NUMBER THREE IS EFFECTIVELY TODAY.
UH, GOAL NUMBER FOUR IS INVESTIGATING AN EFFLUENT RETURN LINE.
AND THIS IS A PROJECT THAT YOUR STAFF IS ACTUALLY TAKING THE LEAD ON, BUT WAS ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WE CAME UP WITH AT THE, UM, UH, AT THE GROWING WATER SMART WORKSHOP.
AND THE FINAL THING WAS TO DO SOME GOAL OR SOME CODE CHANGES, WHICH IS THE NEXT STEP THAT WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING ON AS WE WIND UP THE MODELING AND THAT KIND OF THING.
SO, SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT ON THE PLANNING AND THESE ACTIVITIES THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING TOGETHER.
I'M GONNA NOW TURN IT OVER TO RON DOBA AND HE'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE REGIONAL WATER RESOURCE PLANNING EFFORTS.
AND WE'RE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE, UH, AND MAYBE, MAYBE WE'RE BOTH SMART ENOUGH TO BE USING ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE BEST, UH, GROUNDWATER MODELERS IN THE STATE TO DO OUR WORK.
SO RON IS IN CHARGE OF THE BIGGER MODEL.
WE ARE A SMALLER PART OF THAT MODEL, AND, UH, NATHAN IS DOING WORK FOR BOTH RON AND FOR, UM, AND FOR OUR GROUP AS WELL.
SUE, UH, AS THE SLIDE SAYS, MY NAME'S RON DOVA.
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE NORTHERN ARIZONA MUNICIPAL WATER USERS ASSOCIATION, AND I'M ALSO THE COORDINATOR FOR THE COCONINO PLATEAU WATERSHED PARTNERSHIP.
UH, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, BOTH THE CITY OF SEDONA AND ARIZONA WATER COMPANY ARE ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS IN BOTH OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS AND HAVE BEEN FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
I'M JUST GONNA TAKE A COUPLE OF MINUTES AND GO OVER THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THOSE TWO ORGANIZATIONS BEING IS AS SEDONA DOES, UH, DOES BELONG TO, UH, BOTH OF THEM.
UH, I HAVEN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET ANY OF YOU I DON'T THINK, BEFORE NOW, OTHER THAN COUNSELOR FURMAN, WHO'S A REGULAR ATTENDEE AT OUR MEETINGS.
AND, UH, IT'S GOOD TO HEAR THAT HE'S DOING WELL AFTER, AFTER HIS SURGERY.
SO, WITH THAT, LET ME START WITH THE NORTHERN ARIZONA MUNICIPAL WATER USERS ASSOCIATION, OR WHAT'S REFERRED TO BY OUR ACRONYM NAMAR.
AND, UH, THIS, THIS GROUP STARTED MEETING TOGETHER INFORMALLY IN 2002.
UH, I WAS ACTUALLY A PARTICIPANT IN THAT GROUP BACK THEN, BECAUSE I WAS WITH THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF BACK THEN.
SO I WAS THE FLAGSTAFF REPRESENTATIVE WITH THAT GROUP.
AND THEY STARTED COLLABORATING ON, UH, WHAT ARE THEY GONNA DO ABOUT OBTAINING THE WATER THAT THEY NEED TO MEET THEIR FUTURE UNMET WATER DEMANDS.
AND, UH, SINCE THAT, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, BACK THEN PEOPLE WERE THINKING ABOUT THE COLORADO RIVER AS A SOURCE OF WATER SUPPLY.
UH, HOW COULD WE GET IT? HOW COULD WE GET FUNDING FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO HELP US OUT? AND SINCE THEN, WE'VE SEEN WHAT'S HAPPENED WITH CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE RELIABILITY OF THE WATER IN THE COLORADO RIVER.
SO THAT PROBABLY WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN A GOOD THING FOR US TO INVEST A LOT OF, A LOT OF DOLLARS IN.
UH, IN 2008, THE GROUP FORMED A 5 0 1 C FOUR, A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION FOR WATER ADVOCACY.
YOU CAN SEE ON THIS SLIDE, I THINK I MIGHT HAVE SKIPPED THIS SLIDE.
UH, YOU CAN SEE WHO OUR CURRENT MEMBERS ARE, ARIZONA WATER COMPANY, CAMP VERDE, CHINO VALLEY, CLARKDALE, COTTONWOOD FLAG, SEDONA PRESCOTT, AND PRESCOTT VALLEY.
UH, FROM TIME TO TIME, PAYSON HAS BEEN A ONE OF OUR MEMBERS.
AND, UH, WILLIAMS HAS BEEN ONE OF OUR MEMBERS, DEPENDING ON, UH, WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON, THEY MAKE A DECISION WHETHER THEY WANT TO JUMP ON BOARD WITH OUR ORGANIZATION OR NOT.
CERTAINLY, UH, IT'S EVERYBODY'S CHOICE IF THEY CAN DETERMINE THAT THERE'S AN ADVANTAGE BELONGING TO OUR ORGANIZATION.
LEMME SEE IF I CAN JUST GET ONE SLIDE HERE.
UH, OUR MISSION IS OBVIOUSLY COLLABORATION ON WATER RESOURCES.
I INDICATED THAT IT'S AN ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION AS A 5 0 1 C FOUR.
SO WE, UH, REGULARLY REVIEW PROPOSED WATER LEGISLATION ON BOTH THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL.
I'M A REGISTERED LOBBYIST WITH THE STATE.
I LOBBY FOR OUR ORGANIZATION ON BILLS.
UH, UH, FROM TIME TO TIME, I'M DOWN THERE TESTIFYING EITHER AT THE SENATE SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS OR THE HOUSE COMMITTEE MEETINGS, DEPENDING ON, UH, JUST HOW STRONGLY OUR ORGANIZATION FEELS ABOUT THE BILLS.
UM, WE DO PROJECTS, UH, WE DO PROJECTS THAT OUR MEMBERS FEEL, UH,
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THERE'S, UH, JOINT CONCERN ABOUT WHERE THEY CAN LEVERAGE THEIR FUNDING AND NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR THE WHOLE PROJECT THEMSELVES.SOME EXAMPLES OF THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST, AS THEY INDICATED, WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT THE COLORADO RIVER AS A SOURCE OF WATER SUPPLY, UH, WE WERE LOOKING AT WHERE'S THAT WATER AVAILABLE, WHO MIGHT HAVE IT AVAILABLE TO SELL OR FOR EXCHANGE PURPOSES.
AS TIME WENT ON, WE DETERMINED THAT'S REALLY NOT SOMETHING THAT OUR GROUP WANTED TO PURSUE.
UH, AND THEN THE NEXT PROJECT THAT CAME UP WAS LOOKING AT, UH, NON-INDIAN AG WATER THAT'S BEEN MADE AVAILABLE TO THE RURAL AREAS OF THE STATE.
UH, AS A RESULT OF THE GILA WATER AGREEMENT, THERE WAS ABOUT, THERE'S ABOUT 17,000 ACRE FEET OF WATER THAT WAS SET ASIDE FOR RURAL AREAS OF THE STATE.
IT'S GONNA COST MONEY, IT'S PRIORITY FOR COLORADO RIVER WATER COMING THROUGH THE CAP.
AND BASICALLY, THAT STUDY INDICATED TOO EXPENSIVE, TOO UNRELIABLE FOR OUR, FOR OUR MEMBERS TO PURSUE THAT AS AN OPTION FOR FUTURE WATER SUPPLY.
UH, ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE DO IS WE HAVE BIENNIAL TRAINING FOR SYSTEM OPERATORS AND WATER MANAGERS.
IT'S CALLED OUR WATER UTILITY LEADERSHIP FORUM.
UH, WE HAVE COME ONE COMING UP IN MAY OF NEXT YEAR IN FLAGSTAFF.
AND, UH, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SYSTEM OPERATORS TO GET PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT HOURS THAT THEY NEED TO CONTINUE MAINTAINING THEIR CERTIFICATION AND KEEP IT CURRENT.
IT'S ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR WATER MANAGERS OR ANYBODY WHO'S INTERESTED AS A WATER STAKEHOLDER TO ATTEND, TO LEARN ABOUT SOME OF THE, UH, SOME OF THE EMERGING ISSUES, UH, THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH, UH, LIKE PFAS TREATMENT AND SO FORTH THROUGH, THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND FUNDING.
WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF, UH, SESSIONS IN OUR PROGRAM THAT ARE GONNA ADDRESS FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR SOME OF OUR PROJECTS.
AND I ALSO REPRESENT, UH, ALL OF OUR MEMBERS ON THE GOVERNOR'S WATER POLICY COUNCIL, UH, WITH OUR CONCERNS AS WELL AS THE ADVISORY BOARD FOR THE, UH, KYLE CENTER FOR WATER POLICY FROM FROM A SU.
SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT ABOUT NAMAH.
UH, IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN THE COCONINO PLATEAU WATERSHED PARTNERSHIP.
UH, YOU CAN SEE WE'VE GOT A WATER ADVISORY COUNCIL AND THE PARTNERSHIP.
THERE ARE TWO AFFILIATE ORGANIZATIONS, UH, ONE'S A 5 0 1 C FOUR, THE ADVISORY COUNCIL THAT IS ADVOCACY THAT, UH, REALLY LOOKS AT PROPOSED LEGISLATION THAT COULD IMPACT THE STAKEHOLDERS.
THIS IS A MUCH MORE DIVERSE GROUP.
WE HAVE ABOUT 30 PARTICIPANTS IN THE, UH, UH, ON THE WATER ADVISORY COUNCIL AND THE PARTNERSHIP.
THE PARTNERSHIP IS A 5 0 1 C3.
WE FORMED A 5 0 1 C3 AFFILIATE ORGANIZATION SO THAT WE COULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR GRANT MONIES.
AND WE'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS OBTAINING GRANT MONIES TO HELP US WITH MODELING PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE AND OTHER, UH, PROJECTS OF WATER CONCERNS ON THE PLATEAU AND IN THE LITTLE, LITTLE COLORADO RIVER BASIN.
UH, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS SLIDE, OUR, OUR FUNDING PARTNERS THAT WE HAVE, UH, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE A FUNDING PARTNER TO PARTICIPATE IN THE COCONINO PLATEAU WATERSHED PARTNERSHIP.
WE DON'T WANNA SHUT THE DOOR ON ANYBODY.
UH, THE COUNT, COCONINO COUNTY, FLAGSTAFF, SEDONA PAGE ION, UH, WE EVEN HAVE A SANITARY DISTRICT, UH, TO HAVE A SUPAI TRIBE OR FUNDING PARTNER, SIERRA CLUB.
WE'RE PRETTY DIVERSE, UH, KACHINA VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, AND FRIENDS OF THE FRIENDS OF THE VERDE RIVER AS WELL.
IN FACT, THEY'RE REPRESENTED ON OUR BOARD, UH, WHAT WE DO THAT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN NAMAH.
UH, AS I INDICATED, WE'VE GOT OVER 30 STAKEHOLDERS.
WE HAVE FEDERAL, STATE AGENCIES, COUNTY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, UNIVERSITIES.
WE WORK WITH, UH, ALL THREE MAJOR UNIVERSITIES IN THE STATE.
AND WE ALSO, WE HAVE CITIZENS THAT SHOW UP AT OUR MEETINGS TOO, JUST TO FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON AND PROVIDE INPUT TO US.
UH, SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO COMPLETE.
WE'VE GOT THE FOURTH GRADE WATER ETHICS CONTEST, WHICH I THINK SOME OF YOU MAY BE AWARE.
ONE OF THE SEDONA SCHOOLS WAS A WINNER THE LAST TIME AROUND WITH THE FOURTH GRADE WATER ETHICS CONTEST, WHERE IT IS AN ART CONTEST AND AN ESSAY CONTEST FOR FOURTH GRADERS.
UH, WE JUST HAD OUR FIRST MEETING IN FLAGSTAFF, UH, SATURDAY ON IT, AND WE'RE GONNA BE KICKING OFF ANOTHER, ANOTHER SEASON OF THAT FOURTH GRADE WATER ETHICS CONTEST.
WE, WE WERE ONE OF THE SPONSORS FOR AN ART EXHIBITION CALLED PARCHED, THE ART OF WATER IN THE SOUTHWEST.
THIS WENT AROUND THE STATE, IT STARTED AT THE COCONINO CENTER FOR THE ARTS, WAS DONE IN TUCSON FOR A WHILE.
ALSO SPENT SOME TIME IN PRESCOTT, UH, VERY SUCCESSFUL ART EXHIBIT THAT WAS PUT ON WITH LOCAL ARIZONA
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ARTISTS INVOLVED.AND ALL OF THEIR WORKS NEEDED TO FOCUS ON WATER ISSUES.
UM, WE TAKE PART IN THE FI SCIENCE FESTIVALS EARTH DAY, OBVIOUSLY.
AND THESE ARE ALL, YOU KNOW, IT'S MOSTLY VOLUNTEER WORK FROM OUR PUBLIC OUTREACH COMMITTEE.
I INDICATED WE ALSO, IN THE, IN THE WAC, THE WATER ADVISORY COUNCIL, WHICH IS THE 5 0 1 C FOUR REVIEWS, UH, STATE AND FEDERAL WATER LEGISLATION.
IN FACT, OUR, OUR COMMITTEE, THE, UH, UH, GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE JUST HAPPENS TO BE CHAIRED BY JOANNE KEEN, WHICH I THINK SOME OF YOU FOLKS MAY RECALL FROM HER TIME HERE AT THE CITY OF SEDONA.
UH, WE'RE ABLE TO OBTAIN GRANTS.
UH, WE'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL WITH GRANTS FROM RECLAMATION, UH, FOR GROUNDWATER MODELING.
AND WE STARTED THIS BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE RULES ARE ESTABLISHED RIGHT NOW FOR DETERMINING WATER ADEQUACY OUTSIDE OF ACTIVE MANAGEMENT AREAS IN THE RURAL PARTS OF THE STATE CURRENTLY.
YOU HAVE TO SHOW THAT YOU'RE NOT GONNA DRAW WATER DOWN BELOW 1200 FEET BELOW GROUND LEVEL FOR THE NEXT HUNDRED YEARS.
IF YOU WANT TO GET A DETERMINATION OF WATER ADEQUACY FROM A DWR, THAT'S FINE FOR MOST OF THE STATE, BUT IT'S NOT FINE FOR THOSE THAT, THAT HAVE TO DRILL INTO THE COCONINO AND THE RED WALL MOUA AQUIFER, EVEN THOUGH THERE'S A LOT OF WATER THERE, UH, THEIR WELLS ARE GONNA BE 2000 FEET PLUS DEEP JUST TO GET IN THERE.
THAT RULE WAS ESTABLISHED PROBABLY IN THE 1980S WHEN THE GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT ACT WAS PASSED, AND THEY WERE FOCUSED MAINLY ON THE AMAS, AND THEY JUST DIDN'T REALLY CLOSELY, UH, TAKE INTO ACCOUNT, UH, SOME OF THE OTHER AREAS OF THE STATE THAT REQUIRED THE DEEP WELLS.
SO WE'VE, WE'VE PROBABLY GOT, YOU KNOW, A HUNDRED AND 170 TO 180, $90,000 IN GROUNDWATER MODELING THAT WE'RE JUST CONCLUDING RIGHT NOW.
UM, WE'VE PUT TOGETHER WATER RELATED ECOSYSTEM SERVICES ASSESSMENT.
WE'RE CURRENTLY BUILDING A DASHBOARD SO PEOPLE CAN WORK WITH THAT ON OUR WEBSITE.
AND, UH, WE'LL CONTINUE TO BE WORKING WITH, UH, UH, A DWR IN PURSUIT OF A RULES MODIFICATION AS SOON AS WE FINALIZE OUR MODELING EFFORTS.
SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT NAMAH AND THE COCONINO PLATEAU WATERSHED PARTNERSHIP ARE INVOLVED IN.
AND I THINK FROM THERE, WE'RE GONNA GO TO NATHAN, WHO'S GONNA, UH, WHO HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN, IN A LOT OF THIS MODELING WORK THAT WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN DOING.
AND HE'S GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT, UH, LOCAL WATER RESOURCE PLANNING.
I WORK FOR A COMPANY CALLED MATRIX NEW WORLD.
UH, I AM, I SERVE AS THE VICE PRESIDENT OF GROUNDWATER MODELING SERVICES FOR THE COMPANY.
UH, I'M, I'VE BEEN A HYDROLOGIST HERE IN ARIZONA, BASICALLY MY ENTIRE CAREER, UH, WHICH IS, UH, MOSTLY BEEN THROUGH WORKING IN AS A CONSULTANT.
I DID WORK, UH, SHORTLY FOR THE CITY OF TUCSON BEFORE I MOVED UP TO PHOENIX.
UM, I DO GROUNDWATER RESOURCES MODELING, UH, BASICALLY, UH, FOR MODELS ALL OVER THE STATE.
UH, AS RON MENTIONED, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE COCONINO GROUP TO, UH, HELP THEM LOOK AT THE, UH, UH, THE WATER ADEQUACY PROGRAM AND, AND, UH, WHAT THE GROUNDWATER MODEL CAN TELL US ABOUT, UH, POTENTIAL, LOOKING AT DIFFERENT, UH, RULES FOR, FOR, OR CONSTRAINTS FOR ESTABLISHING WATER ADEQUACY IN, IN, IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE STATE.
SO, I'LL, I'LL START WITH, UH, I MIGHT USE AN ACRONYM THAT THAT, UH, THAT YOU ALL MIGHT NOT RECOGNIZE.
SO I'LL ENCOURAGE TERRY SUE TO KICK ME UNDER THE TABLE IF I DO THAT.
UH, BUT ONE, ONE IMPORTANT, UH, UH, UM, MEASURE OF, OF WATER THAT, THAT WE USE IN THE WATER INDUSTRY A LOT.
AND IN THE MODELING, UH, IS AN ACRE FOOT.
SO JUST IN CASE YOU ALL ARE NOT AWARE OF WHAT THAT IS, IT'S, UH, 325,851 GALLONS.
UH, AND, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE FAMILIAR WITH MILLION GALLONS PER DAY AS A UNIT.
SO, UH, ONE MGD IS EQUIVALENT TO A 1,121 ACRE FEET, JUST TO KIND OF PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE.
AND YOU CAN SEE WITH THE DIAGRAM HERE, ROUGHLY, IT'S, IT'S ONE FOOT WATER DEPTH OVER ALMOST THE SIZE OF A FOOTBALL FIELD.
SO YOU GET A, UH, AN IDEA OF HOW MUCH WATER THAT IS.
AND, UM, ANOTHER, ANOTHER WAY TO LOOK AT IT IS, UH, AN AVERAGE HOME IN THE CITY OF SEDONA, UH, BASED ON
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THE AVERAGE WATER USE PER HOME, ONE ACRE FOOT OF WATER, IS ENOUGH FOR ABOUT THREE HOMES, UH, FOR A YEAR.AND SOME OF THESE CONVERSION FACTORS, I KEEP THEM ALL IN MY HEAD NOW, SO YOU CAN QUIZ ME LATER.
SO THIS IS A MAP SHOWING SOME OF THE KEY FEATURES OF, UH, HYDROLOGY IN THE, IN THE SEDONA AREA.
UM, SO WHEN WE BUILD THESE MODELS, WE'RE, WE'RE BASING THEM ON A, A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT RESOURCES THAT THE GEOLOGY IS, IS A KEY, UH, FACTOR THERE.
UM, SO SEDONA IS LOCATED, UH, IN BASICALLY THE TRANSITION ZONE.
UH, WE HAVE THREE PHYSIOGRAPHIC PROVINCES IN ARIZONA, AND, UH, SO WE HAVE THE PLATEAU AND, AND THEN, UH, AT THE NORTHERN PART OF THE STATE.
AND WE HAVE, UH, THE BASIN IN RANGE IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE STATE, AND, AND WE HAVE THE TRANSITION ZONE IN BETWEEN.
UM, SO WE'RE LOCATED AT THE BASE OF THE MO RIM, UM, SOUTHERN EXTENT OF THE PLATEAU, UH, AND IN THE VERDE VALLEY SUB-BASIN.
AS YOU ALL PROBABLY KNOW, OAK CREEK IS, UH, OBVIOUSLY AN IMPORTANT FEATURE HERE.
AND WHEN IT COMES TO WATER, UH, THERE ARE TWO PARTICULAR, UH, SPRING IMPORTANT SPRINGS ALONG OAK CREEK THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO, TO LOOKING AT WATER.
AND, AND WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT GROUNDWATER MODELING, UH, AN IMPORTANT FEATURE HERE IS, UH, GROUNDWATER DISCHARGES, UH, AT, AT TWO IMPORTANT LOCATIONS ALONG OAK CREEK, INCLUDING, UH, INCLUDING STERLING SPRINGS NORTH OF, OF SEDONA, AND PAGE SPRINGS, SOUTH OF SEDONA.
SO THIS IS A, UH, GRAPHIC SHOWING, UH, CROSS SECTION, A GEOLOGIC CROSS SECTION, UH, ACROSS THE AREA.
I THINK SOME, SOME OF THIS MAY HAVE BEEN PRESENTED, UH, IN A PREVIOUS MEETING, SO I WON'T SPEND A LITTLE TOO MUCH TIME ON IT.
BUT, UH, IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE THIS IS, THIS INFORMATION IS, IS KEY TO UNDERSTANDING HOW, UH, GROUNDWATER FLOWS AND, UH, WHAT ARE THE IMPORTANT FEATURES OF THESE FORMATIONS THAT, THAT CARRY THE WATER.
UH, AND SO, UH, IN, IN THIS AREA, UH, IN PARTICULAR, UH, THE CITY OF SEDONA PUMPS GROUNDWATER FROM THE COCONINO AQUIFER.
AND, UH, IN THIS AREA THAT MOSTLY COMES FROM THE, THE SUPAI GROUP FORMATION AND THEN, BUT ALSO THE RED WALL OV AQUIFER.
UH, AND, AND, UH, THAT'S, SO THOSE TWO AQUIFERS ARE KNOWN AS THE C AND THE R AQUIFER.
I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, THE SEDONA WELLS.
UH, IN THE SEDONA SERVICE AREA, THERE ARE NINE ACTIVE WELLS.
AND, UH, THE DEPTHS OF THOSE WELLS RANGE FROM 700 TO, UH, 1,120 FEET BELOW LAND SURFACE.
UH, MOST OF THE ARIZONA WATER COMPANY WELLS WITHDRAW WATER FROM THE SUPAI FORMATION, WHICH IS PART OF THE SEA AQUIFER.
AND, BUT SOME OF THE WELLS, UH, ARE, ARE DEEP ENOUGH TO, AND THEY PUMP FROM, UH, THE RED WALL MOA OF AQUIFER, UH, WHICH IS COMPRISED MOSTLY OF, UH, LIMESTONE UNITS.
THIS SLIDE, UH, SUMMARIZES THE WATER LEVEL INFORMATION FOR THE WELLS.
AND WHAT'S, UH, ONE KEY TAKEAWAY FROM THIS IS THAT THE, THE WATER LEVELS ARE STABLE IN THE, IN THE WELLS.
AND IF ON AVERAGE, THE, THE AVERAGE DECLINE RATE, UH, DECLINE RATE IN THESE WELLS IS, IS UNDER A FOOT PER YEAR.
UH, AND THIS SLIDE SUMMARIZE, UH, SUMMARIZES HOW MUCH PUMPING COMES FROM THESE WELLS EACH YEAR.
SO, UH, WE, FROM 2019 TO 2023, THE, THE AVERAGE PUMPING WAS, UH, JUST OVER 3,100 ACRE FEET, WHICH IS EQUIVALENT TO 2.77 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY.
AND YOU CAN SEE, UH, NUMBERS THERE, THAT'S FAIRLY STABLE OVER THE TIME PERIOD.
OKAY, NOW I'LL GET A LITTLE BIT INTO SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE WORK THAT, UH, WE'VE BEEN DOING ON BEHALF OF, UH, THE ARIZONA WATER COMPANY, SEDONA PARTNERSHIP HERE.
AND, UH, THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE, THIS GRAPHIC SHOWS, UH, SUBDIVISIONS WITHIN THE CITY OF SEDONA.
UH, WE, WE ANALYZED, WE WENT THROUGH ALL OF THE COUNTY DATA FOR, FOR SUBDIVISIONS, UH, AND THEN WE COUPLED THAT WITH, UH, WATER ACCOUNT WATER USE INFORMATION FROM ARIZONA WATER COMPANY.
UH, SO WE, WE WERE ABLE TO ESTABLISH THE WATER USE, UH, BY LOT FOR, FOR ALL OF THE EXISTING,
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UH, DEVELOPMENT.AND, BUT ALSO WE WERE ABLE TO CHARACTERIZE, UH, YOU KNOW, FUTURE VACANT LOTS THAT, THAT HAVE THE POTENTIAL, UH, YOU KNOW, THE POTENTIAL GROWTH WITHIN THOSE EXISTING SUBDIVISIONS.
AND, UH, BASED ON THE TREND LINES AND THE WATER USE PER LOT, WE WE'RE ABLE TO PROJECT OUT IF ALL OF THESE SUBDIVISIONS BUILD OUT WHAT THE FULL BUILD OUT DEMAND FOR, UH, FOR THESE AREAS WILL BE.
THIS TABLE, UH, SUMMARIZES WITHIN THE SEDONA AREA, UH, BASICALLY KIND OF THE OUTCOME OF THAT DEMAND ANALYSIS.
UM, SO WE HAVE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES, UH, OF DEMAND.
UM, WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF LOT SIZES.
UM, AND, AND SO WE HAVE, UH, SUBDIVISIONS THAT ARE WITHIN, UH, OUR, UH, DEVELOPMENT THAT'S WITHIN SUBDIVISIONS.
WE ALSO HAVE A CATEGORY THAT'S, UH, DEVELOPMENT OF HOMES THAT, THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF SUBDIVISIONS AND, UH, VARIOUS, UH, NON-RESIDENTIAL USES.
UH, AND, AND BASED ON THAT AND ACCOUNTING FOR ALL OF THE, THE PROJECTED LOTS THAT HAVEN'T YET BUILT OUT, WE ESTIMATED A, A BUILD OUT DEMAND OF JUST OVER TH 3,300 ACRE FEET PER YEAR.
SO THIS GRAPHIC SHOWS, IF WE TAKE THAT DEMAND IN INFORMATION, AND WE PROJECTED OUT OVER TIME USING SOME OF THE, UH, TRENDS OF, OF BUILD OUT IN THE RECENT YEARS, UH, WE CAN PROJECT UP, UP TO A BUILD OUT DEMAND.
THE, THE RED LINE AT THE TOP THERE, UH, SHOWS HOW THAT, UH, BUILD OUT DEMAND IS, IS PROJECTED TO BUILD UP OVER TIME.
UH, OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T HAVE A CRYSTAL BALL.
WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW THINGS WILL BUILD UP, BUT WE, THIS IS A BASIS FOR, WE CAN PROJECT OUT HOW, UH, WHAT THE WATER NEED IS GONNA BE OVER TIME.
AND SO, UH, THE DASHED RED LINE SHOWS, UH, IF, IF CERTAIN CONSERVATION MEASURES ARE PUT INTO PLACE.
SO IF YOU CAN, IF WE CAN SAVE UP TO 20%, UH, HAVE LOWERED THE DEMAND, UH, THAT SHOWS HOW THAT, UH, DEMAND CURVE MIGHT BUILD OUT.
AND AT THE BOTTOM, YOU'LL SEE, UH, THERE'S THE POTENTIAL THAT, UH, UP TO, IN THIS CASE, WE'RE, WE'RE ASSUMING, UH, UP TO 30% OF THE DEMAND IS GOING TO GENERATE EFFLUENT THAT COULD ALSO SERVE AS A SUPPLY.
SO YOU COULD REDUCE YOUR DEMAND ON GROUNDWATER IF YOU, IF YOU, UH, ARE ABLE TO TAKE THAT EFFLUENT AND PUT IT TO USE.
NOW, THE PART THAT I REALLY LIKE TO TALK ABOUT, UH, AS A GROUNDWATER MODELER
SO, UH, RON KIND OF QUEUED THIS UP A LITTLE BIT.
WE'VE BEEN DOING SOME WORK WITH THE COCONINO GROUP, UM, BUT WE'VE, THAT, THAT'S COUPLED WELL WITH THE WORK THAT, THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR ARIZONA WATER COMPANY.
AND, AND TO HONE IN ON THE DETAILS OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE SEDONA AREA.
SO BOTH, BOTH OF THOSE MODELS ARE, THEY START WITH, UH, A REGIONAL MODEL.
THIS, UH, ORIGINAL MODEL BASE WAS DEVELOPED BY THE US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, UM, IT'S CALLED THE NORTHERN ARIZONA REGIONAL GROUNDWATER FLOW MODEL, OR M IT WAS DEVELOPED IN 2010.
UM, MY TEAM, UH, TOOK THAT MODEL.
WE WERE HIRED BY THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF AND THE NAVAJO NATION TO DO SOME SPECIFIC, UH, CHANGES TO THAT MODEL, TO LOOK AT POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF PUMPING, UH, UM, AT, ON SOME OF THE PERENNIAL REACHES OF SHOVEL ON AND CLEAR CREEK AND THE LITTLE COLORADO RIVER, UH, IN RESPONSE TO PUMPING THE RED GAP BRANCH WELL FIELD.
SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THIS MODEL, UH, UH, SINCE 2015.
AND THEN MORE RE RECENTLY WE'VE BEEN WORKING, UH, WE, WE CAME UP WITH A MUCH BETTER, EASIER TO PRONOUNCE ACRONYM FOR THE WORK WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR THE COCONINO GROUP.
WE CALL THAT CAR RAMP, UH, COCONINO AND RED WALL MOA AQUIFER MODELING PROJECT.
UH, I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T EVEN TRY TO PRONOUNCE THE MIDDLE ACRONYM, UH, THE, THE RED GAP RANCH ONE.
UH, SO ANYWAY, UH, WE DID SOME WORK, UH, WITH RON'S GROUP IN 2019.
AND, AND THIS YEAR WE'RE, UH, WE'VE, WE'RE JUST FINISHING UP PHASE TWO OF THAT WORK.
UH, THIS, UH, PARTICULAR SLIDE, IT, IT JUST IS, UH, DEPICTION, KIND OF A CARTOON GRAPHIC THAT SHOWS WHAT WE DO WHEN WE'RE BUILDING THESE GROUNDWATER MODELS.
AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THE GEOLOGY IS REALLY KEY.
SO THAT BOTTOM, UH, CROSS SECTION THAT I SHOWED YOU EARLIER, WE CONVERT THE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT WE
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SEE IN THE SUBSURFACE OR THE ESTIMATIONS OF HOW THICK THESE UNITS ARE AND WHAT, UH, THE AQUIFER PROPERTIES ARE.WHAT, WHAT, WHAT ARE THE SALIENT FEATURES THAT CONTROL GROUNDWATER FLOW WITHIN THESE UNITS.
AND WE BUILD THOSE IN AS, AS NUMBERS INTO A, UH, UH, BASICALLY A GRID OF INFORMATION.
SO ALL OF THOSE MODEL CELLS, IF YOU WILL, ALL THOSE LITTLE BLOCKS, EACH OF THOSE HAS DIFFERENT PROPERTIES THAT WOULD REPRESENT THE, THE, THE HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES OF THE FORMATIONS.
UH, AND, UH, THE UPPER GRAPHIC JUST KIND OF SHOWS YOU THAT, THAT THE BLUE AREA IS THE, THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE OUTER LIMITS OF THE MODEL DOMAIN FOR THE, FOR THE MODEL THAT WE'RE WORKING WITHIN.
UH, SO I MENTIONED THE GEOLOGY.
UH, WE ALSO, THERE'S CERTAIN MEASURED INFORMATION THAT THAT'S KEY FOR, UH, BUILDING THESE GROUNDWATER FLOW MODELS.
UH, THE, THE COLOR FLOODING IN THE BACKGROUND OF THIS PICTURE, UH, IS OUR ESTIMATES OF HOW MUCH WATER THAT, YOU KNOW, PRECIPITATION THAT OCCURS ON LAND SURFACE, HOW MUCH OF THAT IS MAKING ITS WAY INTO THE AQUIFER IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, AND SOME KEY FEATURES OF THAT.
THERE'S, UH, AS THESE COLORS GRADE INTO, INTO KIND OF THE ORANGE AND PINKS AND BLUES, THAT THAT'S AN INDICATION.
AND SO THERE'S SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF, UH, AQUIFER RECHARGE THAT OCCURS, UH, NORTH OF THE CITY OF SEDONA, KIND OF ALONG THE RIM.
AND, UH, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THAT WATER MOVES THROUGH THE AQUIFER AND ULTIMATELY, IT, IT DISCHARGES AT, AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS.
SO ON THIS MAP, WE HAVE SOME OF THE KEY DISCHARGE LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE AREA, AND, UH, WE CAN SEE THE LOCATIONS OF STERLING AND PAGE SPRING ALONG OAK CREEK THAT ARE, ARE KEY.
SO AS, AS WE'RE LOOKING SPECIFICALLY AT THE SEDONA AREA, WE WERE OWNING IN ON THOSE DISCHARGES AT THOSE PARTICULAR LOCATIONS TO MAKE SURE THE MODEL IS ADEQUATELY REPRESENTING, UM, THE DISCHARGES THAT COME OUT OF THE AQUIFER.
THIS IS, UH, A GRAPH, UH, THAT IS BASICALLY REPRESENTS SOME OF THE KEY FEATURES, UH, TO DEMONSTRATE THAT WHAT WE LOOK AT WHEN WE'RE CALIBRATING A GROUNDWATER FLOW MODEL.
SO THE, UH, THE, THERE'S A LOT OF DETAIL HERE, BUT BASICALLY THE GRAPHS SHOW HOW WELL THE MODEL SIMULATES MEASURED GROUNDWATER LEVELS SO THAT THE X AXIS ON THESE GRAPHS IS MEASURED GROUNDWATER LEVEL, UH, IS FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL.
AND THE Y AXIS IS THIS SIMULATED GROUNDWATER LEVEL.
AND SO THE CLOSER THAT THESE DOTS FALL ALONG THE ONE-TO-ONE LINE IS AN INDICATION OF HOW WELL THE MODEL IS SIMULATING MEASURED WATER LEVELS.
AND SO WE, WE WERE STARTING WITH A REGIONAL MODEL THAT WAS ORIGINALLY CALIBRATED, AND ONE OF A, A, A STATISTICAL MEASURE OF HOW WELL THOSE BLUE DOTS FALL ALONG THAT ONE-TO-ONE LINE IS CALLED THE NORMALIZED ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERROR.
SO WE STARTED, UH, BEFORE WE STARTED WORKING WITH THE, PARTICULARLY OWNING IN ON WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE SEDONA AREA, THE, THE MODEL WAS REPRESENTING, UH, A NORMALIZED ROOT MEAN SQUARE OF 6%.
AND WITH THE, THE WORK WE'VE DONE, UH, FOR THIS GROUP, WE WERE ABLE TO REDUCE THAT TO 4%.
UH, JUST AS A RULE, THE RULE OF THUMB METRIC FOR A CALIBRATED MODEL IS GENERALLY, UH, YOU NEED TO BE LESS THAN 10%.
SO WE STARTED WITH PRETTY GOOD NUMBER, BUT WE, WE MADE IT A LITTLE BETTER.
ONCE WE HAVE A CALIBRATED MODEL THAT REPRESENTS THE, THE FLOWS IN THE AREA AND THE, AND THE WATER LEVELS AND THE AQUIFER, UH, WE, WE NOW HAVE A TOOL THAT WE CAN USE TO RUN PARTICULAR SCENARIOS TO LOOK AT WHAT, WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE.
SO, UH, THESE, THESE SCENARIOS ARE VERY USEFUL FOR, FOR PLANNING PURPOSES TO LOOK AT WHAT, WHAT ARE THE POTENTIAL EFFECTS ON THE WATER SUPPLY UNDER DIFFERENT CONDITIONS.
SO WE'VE, WE'VE RUN THREE SCENARIOS SO FAR WITH, WITH THE MODEL, LOOKING SPECIFICALLY AT GROWTH WITHIN THE SEDONA AREA.
UH, THE FIRST SCENARIO BASICALLY ASSUMES THAT ALL OF THE DEMAND IS CONTINUES TO BE MET WITH ONLY GROUNDWATER.
UH, THE SECOND SCENARIO, UH, WE ASSUME THAT, UH, CONSERVATION MEASURES ARE PUT INTO PLACE AND WE'RE ABLE TO REDUCE THE DEMAND BY 20%.
AND THEN THE LAST SCENARIO WE'VE RUN SO FAR IS, IS INCLUDES THAT CONSERVATION MEASURES, BUT ALSO ASSUMES THAT, UH, A THIRD, UH, THAT ALL OF THE EFFLUENT THAT WOULD BE GENERATED, UH, ESTIMATED A THIRD OF THE TOTAL DEMAND THAT, UH, THAT COULD BE PUT TO USE, REDUCING THE, THE NEED FOR PUMPING GROUNDWATER.
AND THE, THE COLUMN ON THE RIGHT SHOWS THE, THE, YOU KNOW, THE BUILD OUT AND DEMAND FOR
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GROUNDWATER THAT WAS BUILT INTO EACH SCENARIO.WE INCLUDED A COLUMN HERE THAT, UH, UH, INCLUDES CLIMATE CHANGE, UH, WHICH IS ANOTHER THING THAT WE CAN DO WITH THIS MODEL.
THERE ARE CERTAIN MODEL INPUTS THAT ARE PROJECTED TO BE IMPACTED BY CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE FUTURE.
SO, UH, AND THE MOST IMPORTANT OF WHICH IS NATURAL RECHARGE.
SO, UH, IF THERE'S LESS PER PRECIPITATION IN THE FUTURE, THAT WOULD MEAN LESS, UH, RECHARGE GOING INTO THE AQUIFER.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, NOT YET, BUT WE WILL, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THIS, UH, IN THE FUTURE.
WE'LL BE RUNNING SCENARIOS THAT ALSO LOOK AT, UH, THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE.
THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE RESULTS OF THE, THE THREE GROUNDWATER MODEL SIMULATIONS THAT WE, UH, RAN TO DATE.
THE, UH, THE COLOR SHADING, YOU CAN SEE THE LITTLE SQUARES ON THE MAP.
THOSE ARE THE MODEL CELLS, UH, IN THE AREA.
AND FOR, FOR EACH MODEL CELL, THE COLOR SHADING REPRESENTS HOW MUCH THE GROUNDWATER LEVELS ARE PROJECTED TO, UH, TO DECLINE OVER TIME, OVER, OVER THE COURSE OF A HUNDRED YEARS OF PUMPING.
AND THE TWO GRAPHS ON THE RIGHT SHOW EXAMPLE LOCATIONS FOR, UH, THESE, UH, THESE GRAPHS SHOW MEASURED GROUNDWATER LEVELS OVER TIME.
UH, AND THESE ARE AT EXISTING WELLS.
THOSE ARE SHOWN BY THE, THE LITTLE OPEN CIRCLES.
AND THEN EACH OF THE LINES ON THE GRAPH REPRESENT THE, WHAT THE MODEL SIMULATION REPRESENTS, UH, AT, AT THESE LOCATIONS.
SO, UH, AT THIS NORTHERN, UH, IN, IN THE SEDONA AREA UP HERE, WE HAVE, UH, AT, AT THIS PARTICULAR, WELL, THE, THE MODEL SHOWS THAT OVER THE COURSE OF A HUNDRED YEARS INTO THE FUTURE, UH, THE, THE AQUIFER DRAWDOWN RANGES BETWEEN 10 AND 15 FEET, DEPENDING ON WHICH OF THOSE THREE SCENARIOS YOU'RE LOOKING AT.
AND AT THAT LOCATION, THE A HUNDRED YEAR DEPTH TO WATER IS, UH, ESTIMATED, UH, TO ABOUT 473 TO FOUR 70 FEET, 78 FEET BELOW LAND SURFACE.
AND AT, UH, THE, THIS LOCATION DOWN HERE, UH, WE GET, WE GET MORE DRAW DOWN THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION, UH, BETWEEN 40 AND 50 FEET, UH, DEPENDING ON WHICH SCENARIO YOU'RE LOOKING AT.
AND, UH, THE A HUNDRED YEAR DEPTH OF WATER IS JUST UNDER 500 FEET BELOW LAND SURFACE AT THIS LOCATION.
SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO RUN MORE SCENARIOS.
THERE'S, THERE'S, UH, OBVIOUSLY OTHER QUESTIONS AND THINGS THAT WE WANNA BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THIS MODEL.
AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO, TO TALKING WITH YOU AGAIN IN THE FUTURE.
BEFORE YOU LEAVE THE MIC OR THE SEAT VICE MAYOR, UH, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.
IN THE LAST PRESENTATION, OR THAT I THINK THAT WE HAD A YEAR AGO, WE LOOKED AT THE IMPACT OF, OF ADJUDICATION AND WHICH WELLS WERE IN JEOPARDY OR MIGHT BE IN JEOPARDY.
WAS THAT FACTORED INTO YOUR MODELING AT ALL? THE, THE MODELING THAT, THAT WE ARE DOING HERE IS LOOKING AT PROJECTIONS OF, UH, GROUNDWATER LEVEL DECLINE ONLY.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE NOT SPECIFICALLY LOOKING TO, TO TRY TO ADDRESS ADJU, UH, QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ADJUDICATION.
IS THAT IN SOME OTHER PRESENTATION TODAY? NO, NO.
THE ADJUDICATION WOULD PROBABLY BE A SEPARATE SESSION 'CAUSE THERE'S A LOT INVOLVED.
BUT THE GROUNDWATER MODEL IS THE FOUNDATION UPON WHICH WE WILL THEN IN THE FUTURE DETERMINE THE IMPACTS OF THE ADJUDICATION.
SO, UH, IN THE FUTURE, THERE ARE, THERE ARE SPECIFIC ANALYSES WHERE WE'LL BE DOING, UM, DEPLETION TESTS AND, UH, SUBFLOW TESTS TO DETERMINE WHICH WELLS ARE ARE IMPACTED.
HAS THERE BEEN ANY MOVEMENT IN THE COURSE OF A YEAR? I KNOW IT'S A SLOW PROCESS.
AND, UM, WHAT, UH, WHAT, WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IS WE'D LIKE TO KIND OF KEEP OUR FOCUS ON WHAT WE PLAN TO DO TODAY, BUT WE CAN COME BACK ANOTHER TIME AND TALK MORE SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE ADJUDICATION.
BECAUSE WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO, THAT'S WHAT THEY DO FOR A LIVING.
AND, UH, WE'RE NOT REALLY PREPARED TO TALK ABOUT THAT TODAY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU, MAYOR.
ON SLIDE 29, YOUR THIRD SCENARIO, YOU REFER TO DEPTH TO STATIC GROUNDWATER LEVEL AFTER A HUNDRED YEARS, WHAT STATIC GROUNDWATER LEVEL, STATIC GROUNDWATER LEVEL REPRESENTS? WHAT, WHAT IS THE WATER LEVEL IN THE AQUIFER? UH, BASICALLY WITHOUT PUMPING.
SO WHEN, WHEN WELLS TURN ON THERE, THE, UH, THE GROUNDWATER LEVEL WITHIN THE WELL ITSELF DECLINES, UH, IN RESPONSE TO PUMPING.
AND SO THAT WOULD BE MORE OF A DYNAMIC WATER LEVEL OR A PUMPING WATER LEVEL.
SO STATIC IS WHAT IS THE WATER LEVEL IN THE AQUIFER, UH, NOT NECESSARILY RIGHT IN THE WELL.
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UM, AND SO THE, YOU CAN, THERE CAN, YOU CAN DO A KIND OF AN EXTERNAL CALCULATION OR ANALYSIS OR THERE'S SOME, UH, PACKAGES TO, TO THE MODELING SOFTWARE THAT ALLOW YOU TO ALSO, UH, PROJECT THE, THE PUMPING WATER LEVEL.BUT THE STATIC WATER LEVEL IS BASICALLY, THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE STANDARD THAT THE, THAT'S TYPICALLY USED.
THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES USES THAT AS THE, THE METRIC FOR DEMONSTRATING, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN RON MENTIONED TO THE 1200 FEET BELOW LAND SURFACE STANDARD FOR ADEQUATE WATER SUPPLY THAT THEY'RE REFERRING TO THE STATIC, UM, WATER LEVEL.
SO THAT'S WHY WE, WE INCLUDE THAT ADJECTIVE IN, IN THE, UH, IN THE WORD.
BUT, UM, THAT, THAT IS ANOTHER ANALYSIS YOU CAN DO IF THERE'S CONCERN ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH, UH, DRAW DOWN, EXTRA, DRAW, DRAW DOWN YOU GET WHEN YOU'RE PUMPING A WELL.
UM, YOU CAN, YOU COULD FACTOR THAT IN AND ALSO LOOK AT THE PUMPING WATER.
SO EARLIER IN THE PRESENTATION, YOU KNOW, AND WHEN YOU'VE BEEN IN HERE BEFORE, JOHN, YOU TALKED ABOUT, SORRY, I'M GOING BACK.
YOU HAVE A LOT OF SLIDES HERE, FOLKS.
UM, THE ONE THAT HAS THE RIGHT THERE, UH, SLIDE 20.
SO ON THAT ONE, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE DECLINE RATE ON AVERAGE OF NINE TENTHS OF A FOOT PER YEAR, IS THAT WELL DEPTH OR IS THAT THIS STATIC AQUIFER DEPTH? YEAH, THAT'D BE A MEASURE OF THE, THE DECLINE IN STATIC WATER LEVEL OVER TIME.
WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO EUCA.
NOW WE DON'T HAVE TO HOLD THE QUESTIONS ANYMORE.
I'M THE WATER CONSERVATION COORDINATOR WITH ARIZONA WATER COMPANY.
UM, PERSONALLY, THESE TYPES OF PRESENTATIONS REALLY EXCITE ME.
'CAUSE THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE WAS A YEAR AGO, UH, BEFORE WE LAUNCHED THE PROGRAM.
SO NOW I GET TO TALK ABOUT ALL THE REALLY COOL THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO IN A YEAR.
UM, AND, UH, THESE ARE OUR FOUR STAKEHOLDER GROUPS, UM, FOR THE RIPPLE EFFECT, OUR JOINT DEMAND MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.
UM, I REALLY WANNA HIGHLIGHT BRYCE AND HIS TEAM.
UM, THEY'VE BEEN ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL TO WORK WITH AND WITH GETTING A LOT OF OUR EXCITING INITIATIVES GOING.
UM, SO I DON'T THINK WE'D BE AS SUCCESSFUL IF IT WASN'T FOR BRYCE AND SARAH.
HE CAN BLUSH FROM HIS HOUSE,
UM, OH, SO BEFORE I GET STARTED, UM, INTO ALL THE REALLY COOL THINGS, I JUST WANNA KIND OF TIE EVERYTHING BACK TO THE STRATEGY AND JOINT OBJECTIVES THAT TERRY SUE MENTIONED AT THE VERY BEGINNING.
SO MY WORK REALLY ACHIEVES, UM, HELPING MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY AND US AS A WATER UTILITY ARE USING OUR RESOURCES AS EFFICIENTLY AS POSSIBLE.
UM, SO THAT'S KIND OF THE, UM, IMPETUS TO PUTTING TOGETHER THE JOINT DEMAND MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.
BUT A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND INFORMATION.
AS A UTILITY, WE ARE REGULATED BY BOTH THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT, WATER OF RESOURCE OF WATER RESOURCES, AND THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION.
SO, UM, WHILE WE HAVE OUR JOINT STRATEGY, THERE ARE ALSO SOME REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS FOR CONSERVATION.
UM, THE CITY OF SEDONA IS NOT WITHIN AN ACTIVE MANAGEMENT AREA, SO THE REGULATIONS FOR CONSERVATION ARE NOT, ARE NOT AS STRICT, BUT THEY DO EXIST.
UM, HOWEVER, WE LIKE TO HOLD OURSELVES TO THE STANDARD OF, REGARDLESS IF WE'RE IN AN A MA OR NOT, UH, WE WANNA BE REALLY RIGOROUS WITH OUR CONSERVATION EFFORTS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING AND BEING PROACTIVE WITH CONSERVATION.
UM, SO THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE MAIN, UH, REGULATIONS THAT WERE HELD TO BY BOTH OF THOSE GOVERNING AGENCIES OR REGULATORY AGENCIES.
UM, THE DEMAND MANAGEMENT PROGRAM IS REALLY BUILDING ON A FOUNDATION OF CONSERVATION THAT ALREADY EXISTS IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE FACT THAT THE CITY OF SEDONA ALREADY HAS, UM, PUT EFFORTS FORTH TO HELP THE COMMUNITY CONSERVE WATER.
UM, I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL OF THE DETAILS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, STEVE, FOR HELPING ME PUT THIS SLIDE TOGETHER.
UM, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF LANGUAGE, UH, WITHIN THE SEDONA COMMUNITY PLAN, AND THERE ARE CODES THAT ENCOURAGE, UH, RESIDENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE CONSERVING WATER.
AND THEN ARIZONA WATER COMPANY, WE'VE BEEN, UM, AROUND FOR A REALLY LONG TIME, AND WE ALSO HAVE WATER CONSERVATION TARIFFS, UM, AND RULES TO KIND OF HELP US AS A UTILITY PROVIDE RESOURCES FOR CONSERVATION.
AGAIN, THIS IS EVEN BEFORE THE DEMAND MANAGEMENT PROGRAM LAUNCHED, SO THERE'S ALREADY BEEN A PRETTY STRONG ETHIC FOR CONSERVATION IN SEDONA, WHICH I'M ALWAYS HAPPY TO SEE.
UM, SO ONE OF THE THINGS I WANNA, UH, SHOUT OUT IS, UM, AS EXISTING EFFORTS IS THE WORK THAT THE CITY OF SEDONA
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HAS DONE IN STORM WATER EDUCATION AND CLEANUP EVENTS.UM, EVERYTHING IS INTERCONNECTED WITH WATER CONSERVATION AND PROTECTING THE WATERSHED, INCLUDING MAKING SURE THAT OUR STORM WATER IS CLEAN.
UM, AND SO THE CITY OF SEDONA HAS WORKED WITH THE OAK CREEK WATERSHED COUNCIL, UM, AND THE WATERSHED OUTREACH AND CLEA CREEK CLEANUPS, UM, AND HAVE DONE A LOT OF EFFORTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, UM, MANAGING POLLUTION AND CONTAMINATION, WHICH IS AWESOME.
UM, WHEN WE LAUNCHED THE RIPPLE EFFECT PROGRAM, THAT ALSO CAME WITH THE LAUNCH OF OUR FACEBOOK PAGE, OUR FACEBOOK PAGES, WHERE WE PUSH OUT A LOT OF OUR TIPS FOR OUR RESIDENTS, ACTIONABLE, UM, ACTIVITIES THAT THEY CAN DO TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE CONSERVING WATER, BUT ALSO MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE AWARE OF, UH, REALLY IMPORTANT RESOURCES THAT ARE COMING UP AND EVENTS, UM, AND DIFFERENT THEMES THROUGHOUT EACH MONTH SO THAT THEY, THEY KNOW THAT THERE'S A HUB OF INFORMATION THAT THEY CAN ACCESS.
UM, OH, THERE'S ALSO A LANDING PAGE.
UM, SO IF YOU'RE UNAWARE OF IT, THERE'S A WEBSITE YOU CAN GO TO THAT EXPLAINS THE PROGRAM.
IT HOSTS THE LAUNCH VIDEO THAT THE MAYOR WAS A PART OF.
UM, AND IT HAS A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT RESOURCES FOR RESIDENTS SO THAT, AGAIN, FOR THE WHOLE AREA, THEY KNOW THAT THERE'S SOMEWHERE THEY CAN GO TO GET INFORMATION.
UM, WE DID THE LAUNCH VIDEO THAT AGAIN, INCLUDES ALL OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS AND JUST THROUGH A DIFFERENT MEDIUM OR A DIFFERENT FORM OF COMMUNICATION EXPLAINS TO PEOPLE WHAT WE'RE DOING AND WHY IT'S IMPORTANT.
WE PROMOTE THESE VIDEOS OUT THROUGH FACEBOOK ADS, UM, AND YOUTUBE ADS SO THAT PEOPLE CAN BE AWARE THAT WE'RE, UH, REALLY WORKING TOGETHER AND COLLABORATING FOR THE GOOD OF THE COMMUNITY.
UH, WE ALSO PUT TOGETHER A WATER JOURNEY VIDEO, WHICH IF WE HAVE ENOUGH TIME AT THE END OF THIS, UM, I'M HAPPY TO SHOW IT'S UNDER FOUR MINUTES, BUT IT EXPLAINS TO PEOPLE WHERE THEIR WATER COMES FROM.
FOR THE CITY OF SEDONA AND THE VILLAGE OF OAK CREEK, UM, WE ALWAYS FEEL LIKE EDUCATING PEOPLE ABOUT WHERE THEIR WATER COMES FROM IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
UM, IT KIND OF HELPS WHEN YOU'VE GOT MEDIA COMING UP ABOUT THE COLORADO RIVER AND STUFF LIKE THAT, UM, SO THAT PEOPLE ARE AWARE WHERE THEIR WATER COMES FROM AND KIND OF EBB, UM, MISINFORMATION.
WE ALSO WORK WITH, UH, KEEGAN, SHE'S PART OF LAUREN BROWN'S TEAM, UM, TO PUT TOGETHER VIDEOS TO ENGAGE WITH PEOPLE.
AND SO WE TRY TO FEATURE AS MANY, UM, PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING GOOD WITHIN THE CITY, IN THE, UH, IN THE COMMUNITY TO KIND OF EDUCATE ON MULTIPLE DIFFERENT TOPICS.
UM, WE'VE DONE A HANDFUL OF VIDEOS WITH KEEGAN.
SHE'S BEEN AMAZING TO WORK WITH.
UM, SO IF YOU GO ONLINE, YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THOSE.
AND THEN ONE OF THE VIDEOS THAT WE'RE PLANNING ON DOING, UH, HOPEFULLY BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR IF WE CAN, IS WORKING WITH THE MAYOR TO DO, UM, A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT OF SORTS, UH, ABOUT WATER AT RESTAURANTS, AND JUST AGAIN, ANOTHER WAY THAT RESIDENTS CAN, UH, TRY TO CONSERVE WATER IN WORKING WITH OUR BUSINESSES.
I WONDER WHERE THAT CAME FROM.
UM, ALSO WORKING WITH OUR COMMERCIAL RESIDENTS OR OUR COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS.
WE'VE CONDUCTED, UH, COMMERCIAL WATER AUDITS.
UM, AND THAT'S WHERE WE ANALYZE WATER, USE DATA FOR COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES, LOOK AT TRENDS, AND THEN, UH, REACH OUT TO THESE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES AND ACTUALLY DO A PHYSICAL IN-PERSON AUDIT TO IF THERE'S LEAKS, LETTING THEM KNOW WHERE THEY ARE SO THAT THEY CAN FIX THEM.
WE PROVIDE THEM WITH A FULL REPORT AND THEN WE FOLLOW UP TO SEE WHAT MORE WE CAN DO.
UM, THIS IS A SERVICE THAT'S PAID FOR BY ARIZONA WATER COMPANY AND WE'RE HAPPY TO PROVIDE IT TO SUPPORT OUR COMMERCIAL, UH, CUSTOMERS.
BUT EARLIER THIS MONTH WE DID OUR FIRST ANNUAL FOURTH GRADE WATER FESTIVAL.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE, UM, OUR CONSERVATION EFFORTS ARE AS DIVERSE AS POSSIBLE AND THAT WE'RE ENGAGING WITH MULTIPLE DIFFERENT GROUPS OF PEOPLE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO, UM, THIS PROGRAM IS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ARIZONA PROJECT WET, AND IT, UH, IS TEACHING FOURTH GRADERS ABOUT THESE FOUR TOPICS.
UH, WE HAD, UM, WE PLANNED FOR FOUR DIFFERENT SCHOOLS TO ATTEND, BUT ONE SCHOOL HAD TO DROP OUT.
UM, BUT IT WAS, IT'S REALLY AWESOME.
IT'S A HANDS-ON FIELD DAY WHERE KIDS GET TO LEARN, UM, THROUGH REALLY ENGAGING ACTIVITIES.
UH, COUNSELOR DUNN WAS THERE AS A VOLUNTEER, SO SHE WAS ABLE TO SEE FIRSTHAND, UM, WHAT IT'S LIKE TO TAKE KIDS THROUGH THESE ACTIVITIES AND SEE THE AHA MOMENTS WHEN THEY REALIZE, UM, DIFFERENT THINGS ABOUT WATER.
UM, AND I SPECIFICALLY WANNA SHOUT OUT OUR SPONSORS, THE CITY OF SEDONA, UM, AND, AND ARIZONA WATER COMPANY SPONSORED IT.
AND THEN THE WYNDHAM, UH, WYNDHAM SEDONA, UH, PITCHED IN AND WAS ABLE TO HELP SPONSOR TOO.
SO IT'S A REALLY AWESOME, UH, RESOURCE THAT WE PLAN ON DOING EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
SO THAT WAY WE'RE CONTINUING TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR FOURTH GRADERS AND OUR YOUTH KNOW ABOUT CONSERVATION.
UM, ALSO WE WORKED WITH THE CITY AND WE HAD, UH, MULTIPLE DIFFERENT GROUPS PARTICIPATE IN WORLD WATER DAY.
AGAIN FOR THE FIRST TIME EARLIER THIS YEAR.
UM, AND IT WAS AT RED ROCK, UH, CROSSING STATE PARK, BUT IT WAS JUST A DAY WHERE THE PUBLIC CAN COME OUT AND GO THROUGH DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES TO LEARN ABOUT DIFFERENT, UM, AREAS OF WATER, WATER RESOURCES, WATER CONSERVATION.
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UM, THE CITY OF SEDONA THERE, FRIENDS OF THE VERDE RIVER, UH, OAK CREEK WATERSHED COUNCIL.WE WERE THERE, UM, ALL JUST TAKING RESIDENTS THROUGH MANY DIFFERENT TOPICS TO AGAIN, TEACH THEM MORE ABOUT WATER, GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS AND LEARN MORE.
UM, WE PLAN ON DOING THAT LIKE THE WATER FESTIVAL EVERY SINGLE YEAR, UM, AND GROWING OUT AND GETTING MORE GROUPS INVOLVED.
THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES WILL BE THERE NEXT YEAR.
UM, SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO BUILD THAT OUT.
AND THEN ANOTHER REALLY NEW EXCITING THING THAT WE'RE GONNA DO, UM, THERE'S AN ORGANIZATION CALLED METER HERO, AND THEY WORK WITH HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT ARE IN AP CLASSES, AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE CLASSES, TEACHING THEM ABOUT, UH, HOW TO READ THEIR METER, WHAT AVERAGE WATER USE IS FOR A HOUSEHOLD.
THEY THEN MEASURE THE WATER USE AT THEIR HOME AND SEE HOW IT COMPARES TO THE AVERAGES.
AND THEN THESE STUDENTS ARE EMPOWERED TO, UM, UH, IMPLEMENT CERTAIN ACTIVITIES WITHIN THEIR FAMILIES TO CONSERVE WATER AND MEASURE THEIR WATER USE AT THEIR METER TO SEE WHAT THE IMPACT OF THAT IS.
UM, SO IT'S A REALLY GREAT WAY TO BRING AWARENESS TO STUDENTS MAYBE AT A, A OLDER GRADE.
UM, WE'RE BRINGING THAT ON FOR THE FIRST TIME WITH TWO CLASSES IN THE 20 24, 20 25 SCHOOL YEAR.
UM, BUT WE'RE GONNA LOOK INTO CONTINUING THAT ALSO.
UM, SO AGAIN, JUST TRYING TO REACH DIFFERENT GROUPS OF PEOPLE AND REALLY, REALLY DRILL IN THAT CONSERVATION ETHIC.
AND I'M, SO, I'M THE CONSERVATION COORDINATOR, BUT WE HAVE A SPECIALIST THAT'S DEDICATED TO OUR NORTHERN AREA.
IF YOU WATCH SOME OF THE VIDEOS, YOU'LL SEE HER, UM, AS A PART OF THEM.
SHE WASN'T ABLE TO BE HERE TODAY.
SHE'S AT A, A TRAINING RIGHT NOW.
UM, BUT SHE'S BEEN HEAVILY INVOLVED IN MAKING ALL OF THESE THINGS HAPPEN.
IT TAKES A TEAM TO MAKE THESE THINGS HAPPEN.
LIKE I SAID, BRYCE AND SARAH ARE A HUGE PART OF THAT.
AND ALEX, UH, THAT'S THE END OF MY PORTION.
UM, SO I'LL PASS IT BACK TO TERRY, SUE.
OH, IT GOES TO RON NEXT, I GUESS LUCA, BEFORE YOU LEAVE.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR, WE HAVE QUESTIONS FROM ADE, SO, YES.
SO HOW, HOW DO YOU MAKE YOUR, UM, PROGRAMS KNOWN? HOW DO YOU ADVERTISE 'EM? LIKE HOW CAN YOU, YOU HAVE THE INDOOR AND OUTDOOR WATER USE AUDITS FOR, AND YOU INCLUDE HOAS.
HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE GET THAT INFORMATION TO HOA SO THAT THEY CAN CONTACT YOU? AND IS THERE A FLYER? IS THERE A YEAH, SO WE'RE WORKING ON, UM, WE'RE WORKING ON DEVELOPING A FLYER RIGHT NOW.
WE'VE BEEN DOING, WE'VE BEEN DOING THESE AUDITS IN SOME OTHER AREAS, SOME OTHER SERVICE AREAS ACROSS THE STATE.
AND WE'RE TRYING TO GATHER LIKE AN AVERAGE SAVINGS, UM, TO KIND OF HELP ENCOURAGE HOAS AND DIFFERENT BUSINESSES TO PARTICIPATE.
UM, SO WE'RE TRYING TO MEASURE WHAT THE IMPACT OF THESE ARE, SO THAT WAY WE CAN PUT IT IN A FLYER AND SAY, HEY, ON AVERAGE YOU SAVE LIKE 10% OR WHATEVER THAT NUMBER MIGHT BE.
UM, BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, IF YOU HAVE AN ORGANIZATION, AN ENTITY IN MIND THAT YOU THINK MIGHT BE INTERESTED, UM, THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT IS JUST TO, I CAN GIVE YOU MY CARD AND WE CAN, WE CAN COLLABORATE.
I GUESS WE'RE FOCUSING ON THE HOAS IS, 'CAUSE IN MY MIND, AND YOU TELL ME IF I'M WRONG, I THINK OF THEM AS LARGE WATER USERS.
IT'S USUALLY GOING THROUGH ONE METER.
SO, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE KEEP TRACK OF ALL THE WATER USE AND SO WE KNOW WHO THE HIGH WATER USERS ARE.
AND YOU GUYS HAVE ACTUALLY REACHED OUT TO A NUMBER OF THOSE.
SO AS RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF A NEW RESOURCE FOR THE COMMUNITY, WE'LL LOOK AT THE WATER USE DATA AND SEE WHICH ONES ARE, UM, ESSENTIALLY TRENDING THE MOST ALARMINGLY UP.
UM, LIKE, I THINK IT WAS EITHER, I THINK IT WAS THE WYNDHAM THAT IN THE PAST YEAR, LIKE IN, HAD AN INDICATOR OF A REALLY, REALLY BIG LEAK.
AND SO WE TRY TO PRIORITIZE, UM, RIGHT NOW 'CAUSE WE'RE AT THE BEGINNING AND THE, THE ONES THAT HAVE LIKE THE MOST EGREGIOUS WATER USE, REACHING OUT TO THEM AND LETTING THEM KNOW.
UM, BUT YEAH, WE REACH OUT TO ANY, ANYONE THAT'S TRENDING UPWARDS AND LETTING THEM KNOW ABOUT THAT.
BUT IF A COMMUNITY OR AN ENTITY IS INTERESTED, WE CAN REACH OUT TO THEM AND JUST MAKE THEM AWARE OF THAT AS WELL.
THAT'S JUST BEEN OUR STRATEGY AT THE BEGINNING TO, UM, LET THE PEOPLE WITH THE MOST CONCERNING WATER USE KNOW ABOUT THIS.
UM, SO, UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE RON COME BACK AND WE'RE GONNA ASK HIM TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEIR PLANS FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR, AND THEN WE'LL CLOSE BY TALKING ABOUT OUR OWN PLANS, UM, FOR, UH, THE NEXT YEAR.
UM, JUST ONE SLIDE TO TALK ABOUT, UH, WHAT WE'VE GOT ON OUR, OOPS, OOPS.
WHAT WE'VE GOT ON OUR, UH, SCHEDULE FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR OF 2025 FOR BOTH OF OUR ORGANIZATIONS, FOR NAM AND FOR THE COCONINO PLATEAU WATERSHIP PARTNERSHIP.
UH, I ALREADY MENTIONED THE, UH, THE RULE THAT
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WE HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT FOR DETERMINING WATER ADEQUACY OUTSIDE OF AMAS.WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO FINALIZE THIS MODELING WORK.
UH, WE'RE TRYING TO COME UP WITH, WE'RE RUNNING A NUMBER OF SCENARIOS TO TRY AND COME UP WITH CRITERIA THAT CAN BE USED FOR THIS DETERMINATION, OTHER THAN THIS 1200 FOOT EXAMPLES COULD BE A PERCENT OF SATURATION OF THE AQUIFER SO FORTH.
BUT ONE THING THAT'S IMPORTANT IS THAT RIGHT NOW, WHEN THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES MAKES A DETERMINATION OF WATER ADEQUACY, THEY DON'T TAKE INTO ACCOUNT SURFACE WATER FLOWS.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE TAKING INTO ACCOUNT IN OUR GROUNDWATER MODELING IS WHEN WE RUN THESE SCENARIOS, IS IT GOING TO IMPACT SPRINGS? IS IT GONNA IMPACT SURFACE WATER FLOWS? SO, YOU KNOW, WHAT COMES TO MY MIND AS FAR AS THE INTEREST FOR SEDONA WOULD BE, YOU DON'T WANNA SEE SOME CRITERIA ADOPTED THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT THE FLOWS OF OAK CREEK.
SO OAK CREEK'S INCLUDED IN THE MODEL, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LOOK AT.
AND WE KNOW THAT EVEN THOUGH A DWR MAY NOT TAKE THIS INTO CONSIDERATION, OUR STAKEHOLDERS DO TAKE IT INTO CONSIDERATION.
SO THAT'S OUR JOB, AND THAT'S THE DIRECTION WE'RE GOING WITH THAT.
UH, WE'RE PLANNING ON A GROUNDWATER RESILIENCY WORKSHOP TO BE HELD IN SPRING OF NEXT YEAR.
THIS IS IN CONJUNCTION WITH, UH, A SU AND COCONINO COUNTY.
WE'RE IN THE PLANNING PHASE OF THAT RIGHT NOW.
UH, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT DOING THAT BECAUSE WE FEEL WE HAVE A SERIOUS PROBLEM.
BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT WHAT'S TAKING PLACE IN SOME OF THE OTHER AREAS OF THE STATE, LIKE, UH, THE WILCOX BASIN AND UP IN, IN MOJAVE COUNTY, WE DON'T WANT TO GET THAT.
SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE HOLDING THIS RESILIENCY WORKSHOP TO SEE DO WE HAVE ENOUGH DATA? ARE WE MONITORING ENOUGH DATA? WHAT CAN WE DO TO PREVENT OURSELF FROM GETTING INTO A REAL GROUNDWATER CRISIS SITUATION LIKE WE'RE SEEING IN SOME OF THE AREAS OF THE STATE.
I WILL NATURALLY CONTINUE TO REPRESENT BOTH OF THE GROUPS ON THE GOVERNOR'S WATER POLICY COUNCIL AND THE, UH, KYLE CENTER FOR WATER POLICY.
UH, WE'RE GONNA BE APPLYING FOR SOME MORE GRANTS TO, UH, UH, PUT SOME MORE EFFORT AND SOME MORE RESOURCES INTO OUR FOURTH GRADE WATER ETHICS CONTEST SO WE CAN REACH OUT MORE TO OUR MEMBERS.
UH, OUR MEMBERS ARE ALL THE WAY FROM PAGE ON THE NORTH TO TOSON, UH, TO THE TRIBAL AREAS, TO SEDONA.
AND WE WANT TO DO A BETTER JOB OF OUTREACH TO THOSE SCHOOLS OUT THERE.
UH, WE'RE GONNA BE TAPPING ARIZONA HUMANITIES TO TRY AND GET SOME FUNDING.
UH, I GOT A PHONE CALL FROM THE THEODORE ROOSEVELT, UH, SU SUSTAINABLE PARTNERSHIP THE OTHER DAY, AND THEY'RE GONNA BE INTRODUCING SOME LEGISLATION THAT WOULD, UH, TAKE STATE FUNDING AND REQUIRE THAT TO GO TO WATERSHED PARTNERSHIPS SUCH AS OUR PARTNERSHIP AND OTHERS THROUGHOUT THE STATE TO HELP SUPPORT US SO THAT WE CAN REINFORCE OUR PROGRAMS. UH, WE'LL BE, UH, CONTINUING OUR NORMAL, UH, EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. WE HAVE SPEAKERS AT EVERY MONTHLY MEETING, UH, FOR MEMBER, FOR INFORMATION FOR MEMBERS, OUR MEMBER INFORMATION SHARING.
WE ANNUALLY HAVE FIELD TRIPS WHERE WE VISIT PLACES OF, UH, INTERESTS THAT HAVE TO DO WITH WATER RESOURCES THROUGHOUT THE STATE AS WELL.
AND OF COURSE, WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR PROPOSED LEGISLATION, UH, FOR OUR STAKEHOLDERS ON A STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL IN BOTH OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS.
SO THAT'S IN A NUTSHELL WHAT WE'RE PLANNING ON DOING IN 2025 WITH THOSE GROUPS.
WITH THAT, I THINK OUR NEXT IS GOING TO BE COMING FROM TERRY SUE.
SO, UM, OUR GROUP, AND BY OUR GROUP, WHAT I MEAN IS, UH, OUR ENTIRE GROUP, SO THE CITY STAFF AND ARIZONA WATER COMPANY HAVE, UH, THESE THINGS ON OUR AGENDA FOR THE NEXT YEAR.
SO WE'RE GONNA BE FINALIZING THE GROUNDWATER MODELING.
UM, WE'LL BE RUNNING SOME ADDITIONAL SCENARIOS WE SHOWED YOU THROUGH TODAY.
WE'LL BE DOING SOME BASED ON CLIMATE CHANGE.
UM, AND THEN WE WILL EVENTUALLY PRESENT THOSE FINDINGS TO THE CITY AND WE'LL ASK NATHAN TO KIND OF PUT THAT ALL, UH, WRAP THAT ALL UP INTO A NICE TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM.
BUT WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY ABOUT THE MODELING IS WE'RE NOT JUST DOING MODELING FOR THE PURPOSE OF MODELING.
UH, SO THE PART OF THE REASON WE ARE DOING ANY OF THIS MODELING TO BEGIN WITH WAS BECAUSE ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT THE CITY STAFF HAD AT THE VERY BEGINNING WAS, DO WE HAVE ENOUGH GROUNDWATER? YOU KNOW, CAN WE PUMP THESE WELLS FOR HOW LONG CAN WE PUMP THEM? AND SO WE FEEL THAT WE'VE ANSWERED THAT QUESTION.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK TO DETERMINE THAT THE WATER TABLES ARE RELATIVELY STABLE AND WE'RE RELATIVELY CONFIDENT THAT, THAT, UH, WE'LL BE ABLE TO PUMP OUR WELLS FOR SOME TIME TO COME.
UM, SO, BUT THE MODELING IS ALSO USED, WILL BE USED FOR OTHER PURPOSES, LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, TO ADDRESS SOME OF THESE ADJUDICATION ISSUES IN THE FUTURE.
SO THE GROUNDWATER MODELING ISN'T GOING TO BE JUST PUT ON A SHELF AND DONE.
IT'S A TOOL THAT WE WILL USE GOING FORWARD, NOT JUST THIS YEAR, BUT FOR YEARS TO COME.
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OTHER THING WE'RE GONNA DO IS WE'RE GONNA DO SOME ADDITIONAL WORK ON OUR WATER SUPPLY AND DEMAND ANALYSIS.WE HAVE A NUMBER AT THIS STAGE, BUT THERE'S STILL SOME MORE GROWTH WITHIN THE, THE CITY THAT COULD HAPPEN THAT WE HAVE NOT, UM, COMPLETELY QUANTIFIED.
SO WE'RE WORKING WITH STEVE'S STAFF AND WITH STEVE SPECIFICALLY TO COME UP WITH THOSE NUMBERS.
SO YOU'LL SEE THAT NUMBER CHANGE AS WE LEARN MORE ABOUT THOSE REMAINING AREAS.
UM, AND THEN FINALLY WE'RE GONNA, OR WE'LL OF COURSE, CONTINUE IMPLEMENTING, UM, THE RIPPLE EFFECT PROGRAM.
UH, IT REALLY IS A WONDERFUL PROGRAM AND I'M HOPING THAT WE WILL DECIDE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO SEE THE WATER JOURNEY VIDEO.
'CAUSE I HAVE TO SAY I JUST LOVE THE WATER JOURNEY VIDEOS.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA ALSO BE FOCUSING ON SOME FUTURE ACTIONS THAT WE'VE WORKED WITH THE CITY ON, INCLUDING THE, UH, WASTEWATER MASTER PLAN UPDATE, AND THEN DEVELOPING AND REVISING WATER USE CODES AND MAKING, UM, PUTTING TOGETHER SOME SYSTEMS FOR MAKING FUTURE DECISIONS AS FAR AS LAND AND WATER USE ARE CONCERNED.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT'S ON OUR, UH, COLLECTIVE PLATE FOR 2025.
AND I THINK, UM, THAT BRINGS US BACK TO THE OVERALL STRATEGY, JUST TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE AND MANAGE A, AND PROTECT A SUSTAINABLE WATER SUPPLY FOR ALL WHO LIVE, VISIT AND DO BUSINESS IN SEDONA.
AND, UM, AND THE STRATEGIES THAT WE HAVE DECIDED TO EMPLOY.
AND I THINK THAT MAY BE THE END OF OUR PRESENTATION, SO WE CAN OPEN IT UP FOR GENERAL QUESTIONS, IF YOU WOULD, IF YOU HAVE A GENERAL QUESTIONS THAT YOUR FEARLESS LEADER, I THINK STEPPED OUT FOR A MOMENT.
LIKE HOW WELL DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT? UM, SO DO YOU, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT GENERALLY OR HERE IN THE SEDONA AREA? IN SEDONA.
SO, UH, ROCA COULD PROBABLY TALK ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL, BUT WE DO SOMETHING CALLED A COMPREHENSIVE WATER USE ASSESSMENT WHERE WE ANALYZE, UH, THE DATA ASSOCIATED WITH ALL OF THE WATER CUSTOMERS.
WE LOOK AT THAT ON A MONTHLY BASIS.
UM, WE MAKE SOME ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT, UM, HIGH WATER USE THAT WHAT ARE THE HIGHEST WATER USES AND WHAT ARE THE LOWEST WATER USES IN THE, IN THE MONTHS, AND DETERMINE A BASELINE.
THE OTHER THING WE DO IS COMPARE THAT TO WASTEWATER PRODUCTION AS WELL.
UM, WHAT WE HAVEN'T DONE IS ISOLATED OUR SPECIFIC CUSTOMERS WHO ARE PRODUCING WASTEWATER THAT GOES INTO THE WASTEWATER SYSTEM VERSUS ONES THAT ARE, UM, ON SEPTIC.
SO THAT'S SOME ADDITIONAL REFINEMENT, BUT WE HAVE A GENERAL IDEA OF THAT.
UH, DO WE GET TO WATCH THE VIDEO? YES.
OH, I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHERE IT'S AT.
I THINK SHE MIGHT HAVE, I THINK IT'S, WHERE IS IT? I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT GOES.
UH, SOMEONE HELPED US WITH IT EARLIER.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE SHE WENT, BUT HERE WE GO.
JUST HAVE TO LIKE JERRY RIG THIS
JESSICA, COULD YOU GET THE LIGHTS PLEASE? OH, I'M SORRY.
IT'S THE THREAD THAT WEAVES THROUGH THE FABRIC OF OUR LIVES WITH EVERY DROP, SIP, AND RIPPLE.
HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED WHERE THE WATER IN SEDONA AND THE VILLAGE OF OAK CREEK COMES FROM? HOW IT GETS FROM AQUIFERS DEEP IN THE GROUND TO NEARBY TREATMENT FACILITIES, THEN TO OUR FAUCETS.
THIS IS THE WATER JOURNEY FROM THE GROUND TO THE TAP.
FOR SOME COMMUNITIES, THE CITY OR MUNICIPALITY IS THE WATER PROVIDER.
HOWEVER, IN THE CITY OF SEDONA, ALL THE WATER IS SERVED BY TWO SEPARATE PRIVATE WATER UTILITIES.
ARIZONA WATER COMPANY AND OAK CREEK WATER COMPANY, ARIZONA WATER COMPANY, HAS SERVED WATER TO A MAJORITY OF THE CITY OF SEDONA SINCE 1961 WHEN THEY ACQUIRED THE WATER SYSTEM.
OAK CREEK WATER COMPANY SERVES THE REMAINDER OF THE CITY OF SEDONA.
ARIZONA WATER COMPANY OPERATES NINE WELLS IN SEDONA, WHICH MAKES GROUNDWATER THE MAIN SOURCE OF WATER.
THESE WELLS SHORE WATER IS ALWAYS ACCESSIBLE TO THESE CUSTOMERS.
ONCE WATER AND SEDONA IS PUMPED FROM THE GROUND, IT IS TREATED BY AN ABSORPTIVE SYSTEM TO REMOVE ARSENIC.
AND THEN SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE IS ADDED FOR DISINFECTION ALL WATER.
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SEDONA COMPLIES WITH NATIONAL AND STATE DRINKING WATER STANDARDS.AFTER TREATMENT, SOME OF THE WATER GOES DIRECTLY INTO THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND SOME IS STORED IN STORAGE TANKS.
ARIZONA WATER COMPANY HAS SEVEN STORAGE TANKS LOCATED THROUGHOUT SEDONA.
SO WATER IS ALWAYS AVAILABLE WHEN IT IS NEEDED TO PLAN FOR FUTURE GROWTH.
AND EIGHTH STORAGE TANK IS CURRENTLY BEING CONSTRUCTED.
THE NEW EAST SEDONA TANK WILL ADD 1.5 MILLION GALLONS OF STORAGE CAPACITY TO HELP SUPPORT FIRE FLOW AND INCREASE WATER STORAGE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
FROM THE STORAGE TANKS, WATER IS GRAVITY FED, AND IN SOME AREAS, BOOSTER PUMPS ARE USED TO DELIVER WATER DIRECTLY TO RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES.
IN SEDONA DAY AND NIGHT, THE WATER SYSTEM OPERATES DELIVERING AS MUCH AS 5.6 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY.
A TESTAMENT TO ARIZONA WATER COMPANY'S PREPAREDNESS FOR THE EVER-CHANGING TAPESTRY OF DEMAND IN AREA WITH YEAR-ROUND AND SEASONAL RESIDENTS.
VILLAGE OF OAK CREEK JUST TO THE SOUTH OF SEDONA.
THE WATER IN THE VILLAGE OF OAK CREEK HAS A SIMILAR JOURNEY COMING FROM THE GROUND TO THE TOP RESIDENTS.
AND BUSINESSES HERE ARE PRIMARILY SERVE AGAIN BY TWO PRIVATE WATER UTILITIES.
ARIZONA WATER COMPANY AND BIG PARK WATER COMPANY.
BIG PARK HAS SERVED THE COMMUNITY SINCE 1996 WHEN THE GOODO ITCH FAMILY PURCHASED THE UTILITY FROM ITS LONGTIME STEWARDS, THE POE FAMILY.
THE COMPANY OPERATES SEVEN WELLS ACROSS THE VILLAGE, ALL OF THEM USING ABSORPTIVE ARSENIC TREATMENT TO ENSURE THE WATER COMPLIES WITH NATIONAL AND STATE DRINKING WATER STANDARDS.
FROM THERE, THE WATER IS STORED AT ONE OF BIG PARK'S, EIGHT STORAGE TANKS ACROSS THE VILLAGE, RANGING IN CAPACITY FROM 50,000 TO 330,000 GALLONS.
ARIZONA WATER COMPANY'S SYSTEM IN THE VILLAGE OF OAK CREEK OPERATES IN A SIMILAR MANNER TO THAT OF SEDONAS FOUR WELLS PUMP WATER FROM THE GROUND WITH A CAPACITY OF UP TO 1.1 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY.
THE WATER IS TREATED USING AN ABSORPTIVE SYSTEM TO REMOVE ARSENIC.
THEN SODIUM HYPOCHLOR IS ADDED FOR DISINFECTION PURPOSES.
WHETHER YOU ARE A CUSTOMER OF BIG PARK WATER COMPANY, ARIZONA WATER COMPANY, OR OAK CREEK WATER COMPANY, WATER UTILITY EMPLOYEES WORK YEAR ROUND TO ENSURE SYSTEMS OPERATE SMOOTHLY AND KEEP UP WITH THE DEMANDS OF THIS BEAUTIFUL AREA.
EACH STEP OF THIS JOURNEY IS IMPORTANT AND REFLECTS OUR COMMITMENT TO YOU, SEDONA, AND THE VILLAGE OF OAK CREEK, ENSURING THAT EVERY DROP HAS TRAVERSED A PATH OF UNWAVERING QUALITY AND CARE.
TOGETHER THROUGH OUR COLLECTIVE ACTIONS AND CONSERVATION EFFORTS, BIG AND SMALL, WE CREATE RIPPLES THAT SUSTAIN OUR FUTURE.
THAT'S A, THAT'S AN APPETIZER TO THE TOUR THAT'S COMING UP.
ALRIGHT, SO, UH, FROM THE DAYS WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE I TAKE CARDS, HEARING NONE.
LET'S OPEN A PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
AND WE WILL, UH, ALLISON NICHOLS IS GOING TO DIVERT YOUR TIME TO, UH, SNI.
IS THAT, UH, CORRECT, ALLISON? OKAY.
JUST TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE.
GIANI, YOU'LL HAVE SIX MINUTES.
AND THE, UH, START WITH YOUR NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE.
THE ADDRESS IS NOT IMPORTANT AND YOU'RE GOOD TO GO.
I LIVE IN SEDONA, UH, MAYOR COUNCIL.
I SUPPORT THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE CITY AND A WC AND WANT TO URGE THE CITY TO PRIORITIZE THAT COLLABORATION.
UH, WITH THE WATER COMPANY THAT SERVES MOST OF, UH, SEDONA.
AS STATED IN THIS AB IT'S IMPORTANT THAT AS THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENTITY, THE CITY IS INVOLVED IN WATER RESOURCE SOURCE, POLICY MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING ACTIVITIES IN COOPERATION WITH ITS LOCAL PURVEYORS, IN THIS CASE A WCI BELIEVE THE CITY OF SEDONA HAS TO WORK WITH A WC IN IDENTIFYING AND PRIORITIZING PROJECTS, EXCUSE ME, TO IMPROVE ITS AGED INFRASTRUCTURE.
AS A SIGN OF OUR YOUR COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SAFETY, I RECOMMEND THAT UPGRADING SEDONAS AGED AND FAILING WATER INFRASTRUCTURE OWNED AND OPERATED BY A WC BE AN ITEM ON THE CITY'S AGENDA FOR FISCAL'S 26 AND BEYOND.
AS COUNCIL IS AWARE, A WC HAS PREPARED A FIVE YEAR AGED INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR ITS NORTHERN GROUP OF WHICH SEDONA IS A PART.
AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE THIS VOLUME YET, THIS IS IT.
UM, I URGE YOU TO GET ONE AND I'M SURE THAT JOHN SNICKERS WOULD BE HAPPY TO SUPPLY YOU WITH,
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UM, AS MANY COPIES AS YOU NEED.UM, THE CITY SHOULD DIRECT, SHOULD DIRECTLY ENGAGE AT A WC IN UNDERSTANDING THE CONDITION OF THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
EVALUATE THE LIST OF PROJECTS A WC HAS IDENTIFIED AGAINST THEIR OVERALL INVENTORY AND AGREE, COME TO AN AGREEMENT TO A FINALIZED LIST AND IDENTIFY THE PRIORITY ATTACHED TO EACH.
SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS, INCLUDING THE MAYOR, ARE VERY AWARE OF THE WATER DISTRIBUTION PROBLEMS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED IN OUR UPTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD.
YOU HAVE BEEN APPRISED OF THE ISSUE, THE ISSUES YOU'VE BEEN INVOLVED TO A LIMITED DEGREE IN ATTEMPTING TO ADDRESS THEM OVER SEVERAL YEARS.
THOSE PROBLEMS ARE NOT CONFINED TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
THEY EXIST THROUGHOUT A WCS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM IN SEDONA.
RELIABLE ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER IS ESSENTIAL FOR BOTH RESIDENTS AND TOURISTS.
AS IS FIRE SUPPRESSION CAPABILITY, MY NEIGHBORHOOD HAS IDENTIFIED THE FOLLOWING CONCERNS THAT MUST BE ADDRESSED.
AGED INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS APPROXIMATELY 60 YEARS OLD.
OUTDATED MATERIALS, GALVANIZED STEEL AND ASBESTOS CON CONCRETE PIPES THAT LEACH CONTAMINANTS INTO THE DRINKING WATER, INSUFFICIENT WATER VOLUME AND PRESSURE FOR FIRE SUPPRESSION.
INSUFFICIENT NUMBER OF FIRE HYDRANTS AND NO BACKUP EMERGENCY POWER SUPPLY WHEN A PS POWER OUTAGES OCCUR AT THE JORDAN PARK WATER TANK THAT SERVES ALL UPTOWN.
THESE FINDINGS ARE DEEPLY CONCERNING TO US AS THEY POSE POTENTIAL HEALTH AND LIFE SAFETY RISKS TO RESIDENTS AND VISITORS ALIKE.
I URGE CITY COUNCIL TO TAKE THESE FINDINGS SERIOUSLY AND TO ADVOCATE FOR INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES TO MITIGATE ANY FURTHER CONTAMINATION OF OUR WATER SUPPLY AND TO BRING FIRE SUPPRESSION ABILITY UP TO CURRENT STANDARDS.
THESE CONCERNS ARE VITAL FOR THE SAFETY AND WELLBEING OF SEDONAS RESIDENTS AND SHOULD BE ADDRESSED WITH URGENCY.
UM, YOU ARE ALL CERTAINLY AWARE THAT A WC HAS FILED A RAID APPLICATION WITH THE ARIZONA ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION.
UH, THAT REQUEST INCREASES NEARING 50% FOR BOTH RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL UH, ENTITIES.
UM, AS OF THIS WRITING, I NOTE THAT THE CITY OF SEDONA HAS NOT FILED ANY COMMENT ON THE CASE.
THE CITY WOULD SUPPORT ITS RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES BY COMMENTING IN OPPOSITION TO THESE INCREASES.
YOUR ADVOCACY ON OUR BEHALF WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WOULD WISH TO SPEAK BEFORE WE CLOSE OUT THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD? HEARING NONE, UH, WE'LL CONTINUE ON WITH, UH, COMMENTS.
ANY, UH, FINAL COMMENTS FROM THE DAYS? JESSICA? NO.
UH, ANNETTE, I, I NOTICED ON OUR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT THE A PS RATE INCREASE.
THAT WAS A REQUEST FROM COUNCIL TO AND SO SHOULD WE NOT BE TALKING ABOUT THE A W TO RATE INCREASE AS WELL? WHAT, WHAT DO MY COLLEAGUES THINK AND SEE WHETHER WE WANNA TAKE A POSITION ON IT OR NOT? DIDN'T WE HAVE SOMETHING ON IT THAT WHERE, UH, JOHN EXPLAINED BECAUSE THE NEW INFRASTRUCTURE AND WAS THAT JUST A CON THE CONVERSATION I HAD WITH HIM WASN'T THERE, DIDN'T WE HAVE A MEETING ABOUT THAT WHERE IT WAS EXPLAINED TO HIM? NO, NO, NO.
THEN IT'S JUST FROM WHAT I'VE SPOKEN WITH JOHN ON.
NO, BUT I THOUGHT THAT THE UPCOMING A WC ITEM WAS TO DISCUSS A POTENTIAL POSITION ON THE RATE INCREASE TO A PS, NOT A WC.
THE REQUEST WAS FOR THE ELECTRIC RATE INCREASE FOR A PS, WHO IS ALSO IN THE PROCESS OF RATE SETTING AT THE, UM, UTILITIES COMMISSION.
AND, UM, THAT WAS THE REQUEST I HAD RECEIVED TO SCHEDULE TO MAKE SURE WE ISSUE.
BUT HAPPY TO SCHEDULE SOMETHING FOR THIS AS WELL IF COUNCIL'S INTERESTED.
KATHY, I I THINK WE SHOULD TREAT THE UTILITIES THE SAME.
SO IF REVIEWING IT FOR ONE, WE SHOULD REVIEW IT FOR THE OTHER AND AT THAT POINT WE MAY DECIDE TO CHIME IN OR NOT, BUT WE SHOULD TREAT THEM THE SAME IN TERMS OF A REVIEW.
AND I ALSO AGREE, I THINK, UM, WATER'S ALWAYS OF A CONCERN, AS MUCH CONCERN AS ELECTRICITY IN OUR COMMUNITY AND I BELIEVE WE SHOULD BE TREATING THEM EXACTLY THE SAME, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THAT THEIR RATE INCREASES ARE PRETTY SIMILAR.
THAT'S SOMETHING JOHN, YOU CAN WORK WITH ANNETTE ON TO SCHEDULE? YES
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SIR.UH, ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD BEFORE WE CLOSE THIS, UH, AGENDA ITEM? WELL, KATHY, YOU CAN, WHAT, WHAT IS THE DEADLINE ON THAT? DON'T COMMENTS NEED TO BE IN BY THE END OF THIS YEAR? I'M CURIOUS FOR THE, FOR YOUR APPLICATION IN FRONT OF THE CORPORATION COMMISSION, I BELIEVE THE ENTERED THE DEADLINE FOR THE INTERVENTION HAS ALREADY PASSED FOR DIRECT INTERVENTION.
BUT THERE ARE COMMENT COMMENTS CAN BE SENT TO THE COMMISSION ANYTIME BETWEEN NOW AND DURING THE HEARINGS.
WHEN THE HEARINGS, THEY, THE HEARINGS HAVE NOT BEEN SCHEDULED, BUT THERE, THERE'S MORE THAN ENOUGH TIME.
IT'S NOT BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
SO, UH, IS THAT SOMETHING YOU CAN, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SCHEDULE WITH ANNETTE? MM-HMM.
UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO SEE YOU.
I'M SO GLAD THAT YOU'RE WORKING SO COLLABORATIVELY WITH OUR STAFF.
IT'S ALSO NICE THAT THESE VIDEOS THAT YOU MENTIONED, VE LUCA, THEY ARE BEING OUT THERE.
PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT THEM.
AND I, I, I THINK I'M ON YOUR FACEBOOK PAGE 'CAUSE I'VE BEEN SEEING A LOT OF THOSE THINGS ALSO.
[3.b. Discussion/possible action regarding ideas for future meetings/agenda items.]
ITEM B, DISCUSSION, POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING IDEAS FOR FUTURE MEETING, AGENDA ITEMS. DO WE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY.[5. ADJOURNMENT]
HEARING NOTHING.