Highlights
- Phoenix expanded its smart toilet leak detection program to all 120 units at Fillmore Gardens affordable housing community.
- A prior pilot at a separate city housing site saved nearly 850,000 gallons of water before the expansion.
- Mayor Kate Gallego announced the initiative Friday alongside Target, Sensor Industries, and the Pacific Institute.
- The program is part of Phoenix's broader response to declining Colorado River reservoir levels.
Phoenix rolled out smart toilet leak detection sensors to all 120 units at Fillmore Gardens on Friday, building on a pilot program at another city housing community that saved nearly 850,000 gallons of water.
Mayor Kate Gallego announced the expansion alongside Vice Mayor Kesha Hodge Washington and city officials, with Target, Sensor Industries, and the Pacific Institute as program partners. The city's water conservation program has been a central pillar of Phoenix's drought strategy.
"A single leaking toilet can waste thousands of gallons of water each year, and most of the time, those leaks happen quietly," Gallego said. "Phoenix is a desert community. We have a culture of conservation, and we understand that every drop matters."
Max Wilson, the city's water resource management advisor, framed the effort as part of Phoenix's response to shrinking Colorado River supplies, where decades of overuse and drought have pushed reservoirs to historic lows. Water use per person in Phoenix has dropped by nearly 30% over the past two decades even as the population has grown, according to KTAR.
The City of Phoenix newsroom confirmed the Fillmore Gardens expansion in a release Friday.
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