stormwater

During 2012 and 2013, Watershed Management Group led a collaborative process between the City of Tucson Department of Transportation and many other stakeholders to develop a Green Streets policy. The policy, passed unanimously by Tucson’s Mayor and Council in May of 2013, requires that stormwater-harvesting features, such as vegetated streetside basins, be integrated into all publicly-funded roadway development and re-development projects. These features will be included from the beginning of the design process in order to ensure their effectiveness. 

Visibility and awareness of green infrastructure practices is critical for community acceptance in thinking about stormwater as a resource not a problem. Watershed Management Group in partnership with the City of Sierra Vista and Cochise Water Project is focusing on:

Green for All, a national non-profit organization, has selected Tucson as a target community for their green job development programs. And green infrastructure, a key component of Watershed Management Group's work, is one of the primary paths to the green jobs they are promoting at a national scale. Check out these two videos, featuring Tucson as a leading example!

This video features WMG’s Associate Director, Tory Syracuse, talking about creating the demand for water harvesting that will lead to green job growth.