Tucson officials won an award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Region 9 office for their work on an ordinance requiring water harvesting at new commercial developments.
Councilman Rodney Glassman, who proposed the ordinance, as well as staff who helped draft it, are among the 40 winners of this year’s Environmental Achievement Awards in California, Arizona, Nevada, Hawaii and the Pacific Islands, Glassman’s office said in a news release.
The winners were chosen based on long-term benefits to the environment, collaboration and sharing of results, and whether stated goals were accomplished, the EPA’s Web site says.