Attachment A - Status of Council Approved Recommendations

Attachment A - Status of Council Approved Recommendations
Name
Description
Status
Water Budget Calculator
Provide a free web-based tool for residential customers to develop water budgets for their indoor and outdoor 
water use.
Complete, hosted on Water Resources and Conservation Web Page
Water Education from the Cloud
Ongoing effort to digitize water conservation resources for adults and children with on-demand content.
Complete, hosted on Water Resources and Conservation Web Page  in English and Spanish
Landscape Contract Pilot Project
Water Services will pilot a landscape contract that includes a water budget for each City site, a requirement that 
contractor meet the budget within a margin of error.
Sites selected, water budgets built, contracting completed, site monitors selected, GIS Tracker Built 
Smart Irrigation controller Subsidy
Expand existing SRP program that subsidizes the cost of smart irrigation controllers for residential use.
Initial conversations with SRP concerning partnership complete
Expand HOA Efficiency Checkup Program
Expand program from pilot to ongoing program by increasing number of audits from 9 to 40.
Ahead of schedule, 6 complete, 2 underway, 20,000,000+ gallons annual potential savings found
Commercial Cooling Tower Program
Develop a targeted outreach program to educate commercial and industrial customers about Phoenix experience 
at Sky Harbor… Could ultimately include revolving loan program funded by businesses. 
MOU approved at May 11th Council Meeting, priority candidate list created, savings verification procedure 
created and piloted on T4 data  
Door Hangers
Development of door hanger for use by City employees when they see obvious outdoor irrigation leak or 
overwatering.
Pilot project ongoing, conservation staff have distributed 80 door hangers hung and are returning the 
week of 5/16/22 to assess if residents who received door hangers were motivated to action, version 2.0 of 
door hangers created by CEO group and awaiting executive approval
A low-income program that includes toilet and professional installation at no cost to customer.
SOW to procurement for pilot to operate this program though NGOs, targeting 100 toilets in first year
A flat rebate program of $75 for a customer at any income level that purchases and installs low flow toilet.
Generated inventory of comparable programs in western US - Most run in-house, very few at scale of PHX
Expand number of school visits from 19 to 40.
Coordinating with PIO to prioritize events
Add at least one additional water festival.
6 dispersed festivals held at Osborn and Creighton SD; Virtual festival underway for Roosevelt SD
Revise State Educational Standards to Include 
Water Conservation
Establish working group of educators and City staff to review state standards with a goal of developing a standard 
specifically for water conservation.
Hosted initial meetings with Project WET and City staff - both recommended focusing on developing 
curriculum and working towards adoption at the district level, rather than standards
Updated Building Codes
Self-Explanatory
Not yet started
Expand Education at Tres Rios
Self-Explanatory
Beginning conversations with wastewater and Rio Reimagined to integrate this work into plans at Tres Rios
Expand Toilet Program
Expand Youth Education
Phase III
Develop formal volunteer program in Water Services to assist in conservation activities and projects.
Water Wranglers
Fall 2021 session held, Sumer 2022 session scheduled
Phase I
Free Xeriscape Plans for Residential Customers
City develops standardized xeriscape plans for residential customers with help of landscape architect.
Partnering with ASU Sustainable Cities Network to develop plans, awaiting contracting from ASU
Phase II