Last week Avondale joined statewide water professionals in celebrating Arizona Water Professionals’ Appreciation Week and acknowledging the essential work water professionals do daily to ensure the community has safe, reliable and affordable water. Check out the April 11, 2022, West Valley View article.
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State Proclamation reading on the House and Senate floors, April 11
Kicking Off Water Professionals Appreciation Week


Join us as we kick off Arizona Water Professionals Appreciation Week!
Save the date, join us in person!
Mark your calendar now! We are planning an in-person event to kick off the fourth annual Arizona Water Professionals Appreciation Week on April 11, 2022, at the state capitol. Arizona Water Professionals Appreciation Week is held in conjunction with the AZ Water Conference, April 12-15. Details to follow.
Arizona Water Professionals Appreciation Week kicks off with virtual event
The third annual Arizona Water Professionals Appreciation Week kicked off on April 5, 2021 with a virtual event featuring recorded messsages, live polling, and trivia! In case you missed it, you can watch the recorded Zoom meeting here.
Thank you to the planning committee and everyone who contributed to the success of this event. And congratulations to the following participants in our trivia contest whose names were randomly selected to each receive a $25 Visa gift card:
Christina Collins, Central Arizona Project
Erin Young, City of Flagstaff
Lisa Dubas, Arizona Department of Water Resources
Lauren Candreva, Montgomery & Associates
House and Senate read AZ Water Professionals Appreciation Week proclamation
Third Annual Appreciation Week Recognizes Arizona Water Professionals
The third annual Arizona Water Professionals Appreciation Week is April 5-11, 2021. The week-long celebration will begin with a virtual event Monday, April 5 at 4 p.m., which will include both live and prerecorded testimonials and an opportunity for interaction. Read the official press release from ADWR here.
For the third consecutive year, the Arizona state legislature acknowledges Arizona Water Professionals Appreciation Week. This year a variety of water professionals across the state had the opportunity to lend their voices and read the official proclamation. Watch the video here.
Save the Date for virtual kick-off
Executive order to establish water subcabinet, promote water supply projects
An executive order was signed by the President to establish an interagency Water Subcabinet to consolidate federal management of water resources. “The Executive Order on Modernizing America’s Water Resource Management and Water Infrastructure” aims to promote water supply and storage projects. It also will support opportunities for recruiting and retaining career water professionals. Read more here.