Completed Projects
Grant Awards, Research, and Projects That Influence How We Manage Water
ADEQ WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT GRANT
CWA MANZANITA EROSION
CONTROL PROJECT
CWA implemented a $47,400 project with eight property owners and volunteers. Workshops with hands-on training of Best Management Practices to prevent upland erosion and decrease sediment transport to the San Pedro River by 28 tons annually.
Projects included adding a 350 foot bank stabilization, replacing an undersized culvert, constructing 150 grade stabilizations such as loose rock check dams, gully plugs, and gabion baskets.
A one inch rain event transported over seven inches of sediment to the San Pedro River which is less than a mile away.
TRIFF GRANT AWARD
Citizen Precipitation Recording Network
CWA partnered with the University of Arizona – NEMO program to provide free rain gauges to residents so that scientists could better understand the differences in rainfall across our watershed.
ALSO PROVIDED TRAINING AND
EQUIPMENT FOR
- Streamflow Monitoring Stations
- Water Use Metering
COMMUNITY RIPARIAN MONITORING NETWORK
CWA Technical Team partnered with ASU and U of A to inventory riparian vegetation.
SEVEN YEAR WATER STUDY
CWA assisted USGS and ADWR as they determined how water travels through our water system.