Citizen Water Academy

Registration for the Spring 2024 Water Academy is now closed. Dates for the Fall academy will be announced in late Summer.

If you would like to be notified of future academies and their registration dates, please email [email protected] and you will be placed on the notification list.

You must be a current Scottsdale resident or Scottsdale business owner to apply and to attend. We have limited seating available and appreciate your cooperation.

Scottsdale Water is one of the most advanced municipal water systems in the country. The Citizen Water Academy provides an inside look at all aspects of Scottsdale Water utilities and innovative technologies.

Course overview

The five-week course takes participants inside our state-of-the-art facilities, demonstrates daily operations from lab functions to water main repair, and explains all facets of Scottsdale Water operations, planning, and policies.

PLEASE NOTE: Participants must attend a minimum of four nights from 4/4:30-7:30 p.m.

Topics covered include:

  • Drinking water treatment and distribution
  • Water quality testing
  • Recycled water treatment and uses
  • Long-term water supply planning

Citizen Academy Water

During the fifth night of the academy, participants tour Scottsdale's Advanced Water Treatment Facility – the only direct potable reuse plant in Arizona (and one of only three in the country) – and participate in a taste test of ultrapure recycled water!

REGISTRATION IS CURRENTLY CLOSED.

If you would like to be notified of future academies and their registration dates, please email [email protected] and you will be placed on the notification list.

* You must be a current Scottsdale resident or Scottsdale business owner to apply and to attend. We have limited seating available and appreciate your cooperation.

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