WMG’s Living Lab and Learning Center is quickly on its way to being a rainwater-fed campus—and letting the municipal water lines go dry. Utilizing 3,200 square feet of roof space across two buildings, we are collecting the abundant water that falls from the sky. Ten thousand gallons of this bounty is stored in an underground tank, with another 2,000 gallons held in above-ground cisterns.
Watershed Management Group was voted Arizona's Greenest Workplace for 2015 in an annual challenge hosted by Mrs. Green's World. Entrants are judged on how well they embody the three Rs—Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. Here's how we won:
It’s that time again! Come join us for a fun-filled morning as we celebrate the delicious shade of mesquite, pomegranate, olive and other edible native and desert-adapted trees.
WMG was honored to have 20 students from Mexico and Guatemala participating in the Study of US Institute (SUSI) visit our Living Lab & Learning Center in July 2014. And we're so proud to share this amazing video they produced about their experience here.
Every day, the average person flushes 10 gallons of drinking water down the toilet. What really stinks is we're wasting two precious resources—scarce water supplies and human manure—we we could be composting our poo to create a fertile soil amendment.
Watershed Management Group presents:
"Your Potty is a Wonderland"
Let us help you get the most out of the rebates available from Tucson Water and Metro Water! Watershed Management Group offers the free educational session required to receive Tucson Water's rebates for Residential Rainwater Harvesting and Gray Water systems. And now we also offer a quarterly educational session for Metro Water customers too!
Upcoming Rainwater Harvesting rebate classes:
Visit our Classes & Tours page for more detailed information and scheduled classes.
