Flagstaff has more then just one or even two sources of water. This city has five sources of water to draw from. Even though some of these sources are not used to there full potential. Upper Lake Mary and the Lake Mary aquifer are one of the more widely known of the five. Lake Mary and its aquifer are replenished by snowmelt mostly. The inner basin aquifer, in the mountains, is another source that is also mostly snowmelt. The Rio de Flag is used in two ways for water. The river has a couple of wells on it, but it is mostly used to put reclaimed water into it. Another one is in the Woody Mountains, where there are a few wells that draw water out. The last one is the, mentioned earlier, is the water treatment plant that reclaims water and puts it back into the Rio de Flag. All of these sources provide the Flagstaff and Northern Arizona University community with water.
Sustainability is the concern of every community on the planet. Everyone needs water to sustain a community, and living in the southwest makes it even harder for a community to survive. Water is also needed more, because of the climate that the southwest has. Which makes the water sources the cities have even that much more valuable. Making this knowledge know all over the southwest will help all of the water sources more sustainable to each community. For Flagstaff, NAU, and all over Arizona, water conservation is a must. There are many things that this community can do to conserve water. NAU, itself, could do many of things such as installing low-flow showerheads and smaller gallon toilets in all of the dorms. Automatic sinks also conserve water by turning off the sink automatically when no one is using it. NAU could also water the grass at night and when it is not raining, which w
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