2026-11-10 - City Council Policy Session

Summary

• Single item: the Phoenix Water Supply and Demand Update (information and discussion only) (Water Supply and Drought Stage Update).
• The report covers the Post-2026 Colorado River Operating Guidelines taking effect January 1, 2027, a 27% cut to Arizona (about 760,000 acre-feet to the Central Arizona Project) and the city's roughly 40% reliance on CAP water.
• It says a Stage 2 "Water Warning" declaration is "increasingly likely" in the future; Stage 1 "Water Alert" has been in effect since June 2022. No emergency declaration is proposed.

Built from the posted agenda only; the meeting has not happened yet.

Agenda

• 1: Phoenix Water Supply and Demand Update (information and discussion only).
• If Stage 2 comes, the city would ask departments for a 10% cut in water use and customers for a 5% voluntary cut.

Sources

• Agenda: https://phoenix.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&ID=1364246&GUID=1A334AC7-D34A-470F-B9A0-DD515362DCD5