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"After the initial shock of learning that our water supply was being depleted at twice the rate of recharge, I immediately convened a group of citizens, City staff and other local experts to discuss a plan to move forward. 
The initial step was to develop and implement a water conservation program. About one year after the USGS report, the City Council adopted the first water conservation program with a goal to reduce use by 30 percent over a ten year period (250 gallons per person per day to 175 gpcd). The program consists of voluntary measures, rebates/incentives and mandatory measures; and the most important aspect, education.
At the end of 2004, overall water usage had been reduced by more than 33 percent with residential customers taking the lead with an astounding 38 percent reduction. At the same time, we have added roughly 30 percent new water accounts. City usage has also met the goal with a reduction of more than 30 percent over the same period. Becauseof the success of the program and the need to do more, we recently adopted another 10 percent reduction. " Mayor Marty Chavez
Albuquerque has made remarkable strides in the first eight years of its water conservation program, moving from among the highest water users in the Southwest to among the lowest with a 33% reduction in overall water use.
We ALL have to take a bow for our COLLECTIVE EFFORTS in reducing water usage in our area.
PLEASE be a part of the solution. mysuggestions@sustainableabq
Water in the News
Water privatization....
Water, like air, is a necessity of human life. It is also, according to Fortune magazine, "One of the world's great business opportunities. It promises to be to the 21st century what oil was to the 20th." In the past ten years, three giant global corporations have quietly assumed control over the water supplied to almost 300 million people in every continent of the world. offsite article, read more....
