Arizona is navigating significant uncertainty around water availability, requiring local jurisdictions to fundamentally rethink water use and to assume new leadership roles. Historically, planning for water resources and land use have been conducted separately. Yet the way we build directly impacts our water supply and demand. Communities can “grow water smart” by collaborating to identify and implement strategies that resolve their water resource challenges.

This workshop brings water and land use decision makers in your community together as a team to collaborate on long-term water security. Gain or enhance a range of public engagement, planning, communication, and policy tools to ensure your team and the broader Verde Valley can realize its water conservation, watershed health, and community resilience goals.