Contractors, Developers, and Engineers

Miscellaneous

Easement Emergency Access Procedure
Easement Non-Emergency Access Procedure

New Services

(new service requests, construction meters, etc.)
Tucson Economic Advancement Center
201 N. Stone Ave.
8 a.m.-4 p.m.
520-791-5164

New Development

(plan review submittals)
Tucson Economic Advancement Center
201 N. Stone Ave.
8 a.m.-4 p.m.
520-791-4718

Online Services

Tucson Development Center

Tucson Water Plans Dashboard

This dashboard provides continuously updated metrics for Water Availability Requests, Master Plan Reviews and Design Plan Reviews performed in the New Development Section.

New Development Plan Review Process

All water construction plans submitted to New Area Development (NAD) as of March 1, 2024, shall conform to the requirements of the Design Standards Illustrations 2023 (DSI). Any NAD water construction plan reviews that have been submitted prior to March 1, 2024 shall not be subject to the updated DSI. Plan and profiles are required for all pipe sizes.

Design Standards Illustrations 2023 (DSI)(PDF, 11MB)

Tucson Water’s goals for new development:

• Return 100% of all Master Plan reviews within 30 calendar days of submittal.
• Return 100% of all Developer Design Plan reviews within 15 calendar days of submittal.

The links below are for developers preparing water plans for new development. These links will be revised on March 1, 2024.

• Service Area Policy
  (PDF, 80KB)
• Overview of TW's Water Plan Submittal Processes(PDF, 80KB)
  (PDF, 628KB)
• Master Plan Checklist(PDF, 628KB)
  (PDF, 2MB)
• First Design Checklist(PDF, 126KB)
• Instructions for First Design Checklist(PDF, 348KB)
• Cost Estimate & Material Take-Off(PDF, 82KB)
  (PDF, 175KB)
• Procedure for Revising an Approved Tucson Water Plan(PDF, 175KB)
  (PDF, 23KB)
• Revision Description Form(PDF, 23KB)
  (PDF, 12KB)
• Changing a Plan to Include Phasing(PDF, 12KB)
  (PDF, 102KB)
• Plan Review Fee Schedule(PDF, 102KB)

Design and Construction Standards

• Tucson Water Design Standards Manual
  
• Standard Specifications & Details Manual
  (PDF, 2MB)
• Standard Operating Procedure for Construction Inspections(PDF, 2MB)
  (PDF, 30KB)
• Easements, Utility Service Agreements, Common Areas, Private Streets and Public Rights-Of-Way(PDF, 30KB)
  (PDF, 26KB)
• Developer Project Procedures(PDF, 26KB)

Services and Fees

• Water Meter Sizing Guidelines(PDF, 271KB)
• (PDF, 271KB)Residential Meter Downsizing Request(PDF, 178KB)
  
• Current Water Meter Installation and Miscellaneous Fees (effective July 1, 2013)
  
• System Equity Fee (effective July 2, 2012)
  
• CAP Water Resource Fee (effective July 2, 2012)
  
• Pre-Annexation Development Agreement Fees (effective July 1, 2021)
  
• Diamond Bell Isolated Water System Fee (effective December 27, 2005)
  
• Santa Rita Bel Air Isolated Water System Fee (effective August 10, 2021)
  
• Peppertree Water System Fee
  
• Tucson Water’s Fire Hydrant Locking Program
• Tucson Water Distribution Design:Tucson Water Distribution Design:

Information for Public Agency/Utility Plan Submittal/Review

Work by public agencies or utilities in public right-of-way or easements that have potential conflict with Tucson Water facilities require submittal of plans to Tucson Water for review. Tucson Water reviews plans from public agencies and utilities for conformance with Tucson Water Design Standards. Plan submittals should be sent from the public agency or utility company coordinator or its project manager. Direct submittal by design consultants on behalf of the agency/utility company shall include written authorization from the coordinator or project manager of public agency or utility company.

Plan submittals shall include the agency/utility company contact information, project design & construction schedule, cost estimate, plans, specifications, etc. Tucson Water may request additional information to be included with the submittal, depending on the complexity of the project.

Send your submittal by an email with the pdf files attached to 

TW_DDPlanReview@tucsonaz.gov.

• Design-Standards-Illustrations-2023-DSI.pdf(PDF, 11MB)
• (PDF, 11MB)DSI Template Transmittal(PDF, 169KB) (updated Jan. 2020; memo contains listing of files included in Distribution Design Drawing Template download)
• DD-DSI(ZIP, 23MB) (AutoCAD file; download and save to hard drive/server by right-clicking and selecting Save/Save As)
• ZIP file with template folders/files(ZIP, 4MB) (download and save to hard drive/server by right-clicking and selecting Save/Save As)

CIP and Water System Modifications plans shall comply with the current DSI that is posted on the Tucson Water website for all new projects starting in January 2020. For active projects for CIP and Water System Modifications which have started prior to January 2020, contact Tucson Water Distribution Design at

(520) 837-2127 for questions.