Albuquerque Xeriscape Research
Primary-source research published by Albuquerque Xeriscape. Every number links to a retrievable document. No CTAs. No conclusions beyond what the evidence supports.
What this section is: Independently compiled analyses of publicly available water-use data. Where the source material contains gaps or inconsistencies, we document them rather than paper over them.
What it is not: Albuquerque Xeriscape is a consultation routing service, not a research institution. These pages are non-commercial link-bait assets — open for citation, freely licensed for tables under CC BY 4.0 where noted. They do not promote or recommend any contractor.
Published research
- Dataset v1.0Updated 18 Jul 2026
Xeriscape Water Savings Statistics 2026: 11 Estimates
How much water does xeriscaping save? Eleven area-normalized empirical estimates spanning 11.2 to 76.0 gallons per square foot per year — with the methods, denominators, and an arithmetic audit of Albuquerque's published figures.
11
estimates
6.8×
range, one method
CC BY
freely citable
Research scope
Current coverage: turf removal water savings in the western United States. Open leads listed under each article's Limitations section. Future articles planned on ABCWUA rebate program tracking and Western non-functional turf policy timelines, when primary documentation becomes available.