Residential Irrigation

  • You can order water online or sign up for the Recurring Order Program on the SRP Water app™. You can also order over the phone by calling the SRP Water Contact Center at (602) 236-3333.

    Water can be ordered in five-minute increments up to your maximum allocation, which is determined by your property's acreage and water rights.

    Wondering how much to order? The length of time most frequently ordered in the past is a good place to start.

  • Follow these steps to ensure a smooth water delivery day.

    1. About 30 minutes before your water is scheduled to arrive, look around your neighborhood and check all irrigation structures to make sure the gates are set properly and are ready for water.

    2. Check in with your neighbor who is running ahead of you to make sure everything is on schedule.

    3. At your scheduled time, open your yard valve or port cover in your ditch.

    4. When your time is almost up, let your neighbor who is next in line know.

    5. At the end of your scheduled time, make sure to close your valve or replace the port cover in your ditch.

  • What can look like a willful water theft could be an unintentional leak caused by a broken yard valve or pipe.

    Here are some steps you can take – and some you shouldn’t take – to get to the bottom of things:

    1. Talk it out. Work with your neighbors and try talking to the person taking water. Discuss ways you can collaborate to repair the valve or line break, if there is one.

    2. Involve a key homeowner. A key homeowner is a volunteer for the neighborhood or group of irrigators. These volunteers are a great source of information about the neighborhood system. If your neighborhood has a key homeowner, reach out to them for support.

    3. Never enter private property. Under no circumstances should you enter someone’s private property to address the water leak or theft issue yourself. You must have the owner’s permission to enter their property.

    4. Call SRP for help. If talking with your neighbor is unsuccessful, call the SRP Water Contact Center at (602) 236-3333. One of our reps may be able to help by contacting the neighbor.

  • A successful irrigation system requires neighbors to work together, not just on water delivery days but throughout the year to maintain your neighborhood irrigation system.

    You and your neighbors are responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of your system, including ditches, pipelines and gates. Neighbors should work together to make any repairs.

    As a neighborhood, you may consider forming an Irrigation Water Delivery District (IWDD) to run and maintain your private system.

  • If you would like to help a neighbor receive water by managing their account, you’ll need to sign our Authorization and Liability Release Form.

Irrigation Water Delivery District (IWDD)

SRP Water Contact Center

(602) 236-3333

  • An Irrigation Water Delivery District (IWDD) is an easy way to collect funds through a county special taxing district for maintaining your neighborhood irrigation system. The funds are managed by you and your neighbors and help cover the cost of irrigation system upkeep and repairs while making sure costs are shared equally by neighbors. Costs are determined by your IWDD annual budget, which is divided by the number of acres within your water district.

    EXAMPLE: In 2022, the annual average costs for a homeowner with a 0.25 acre property was $61.01.

  • Curious how an IWDD will work in your neighborhood? Here’s a quick overview to help you understand if it’s the right move.

    You choose who leads. Trustees are elected by you and your neighbors and can have different roles based on your IWDD's needs and bylaws.

    You set the rules. You and your neighbors establish the bylaws based on the needs of your private irrigation system.

    You’ll meet annually. Unless your bylaws state otherwise, trustees hold an open annual meeting to discuss budget needs for the next year, file necessary paperwork and schedule maintenance.

    Funds come from your property taxes. They’re collected each year through your Maricopa County property assessments, and 100% of the funds collected remain with the IWDD.

  • Your IWDD trustees not only collect funds, they also coordinate maintenance and repairs to the private neighborhood system in a timely manner. Other benefits of an IWDD include:

    Establishes an account with the Maricopa County Treasury to save and pay for current and future irrigation expenses.

    Creates an equitable way to share the cost to repair and maintain private irrigation systems.

    Eliminates the task of collecting funds door-to-door and establishes fair and transparent rules for how funds are spent.

    A well-maintained private irrigation system allows irrigation to flow efficiently protecting our water resource.

  • Once you and your neighbors agree to form an IWDD, follow the steps below to start the process with the county.

    First, decide which houses will fall within the boundaries of the group. An IWDD can only be formed if "50% plus one" of individual homeowners within your proposed boundary vote to approve.

    Next, you’ll need to do some paperwork. Write and submit an impact statement, a request for resolution and a petition to Maricopa County.

    Finally, establish leaders and rules. You and your neighbors will elect trustees to govern the IWDD and, together, establish the bylaws.