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These Cities Coordinate to Save Water, a Model for Parched Western Areas

There are no lush green lawns among the rows of single-family homes that line a quiet boulevard a mile west of the University of Arizona campus. Instead, small lizards scurry across gravel to the shade of cacti, shrubs and trees native to the Southwestern desert, as cicadas drone and backyard chickens cluck in the triple-digit heat now common here in July.

Carson and Gardena Water Recycling Projects Get $3.8 Million Funding Boost

Two projects — intent on increasing the recycled water supply in disadvantaged communities — have received $3.79 million in federal funding.

The first, called the North Gardena Water Lateral, will install 3,700 feet of new pipeline — and deliver nearly 6 million gallons of recycled water annually — to Peary Middle School and Mas Fukai Park.