水资源保护项目不一定是孤立的。作为协调环境教育信息的一部分，如果与其他部门或机构协同，水资源保护项目可以更有效、更具成本效益。凤凰城拥有11000多名员工，为130万居民提供服务。为达到这一公民基础而开展的外联项目在项目内容、交付和资金方面都必然会出现冗余和错失机会。2000年初，代表多个负责环境教育的城市部门的一个核心员工小组召开会议，探讨如何最好地合作，在全市范围内开展全面的环境教育推广活动。其动力是:开发雄心勃勃的里约萨拉多栖息地恢复项目；联邦和其他资金的机会；此外，我们认识到，为了提高效率和为公民提供无缝服务，各部门应该集中其大量人才，以传达协调一致的环境信息。 为此，该核心小组聘请了一名顾问，采访了市政府部门的工作人员，并列出了每一个包含任何环境内容的市政外联项目的清单。此外，来自多个城市部门的环境教育工作人员参加了一个愿景研讨会，为预测全市环境教育信息可能是什么样子提供了基础。顾问访谈的结果是由十个部门监督的100个项目的清单。这份报告不是一份“活生生的文件”，而只是当时正在进行的项目的一个快照，旨在观察该市提出的环境信息。本文讨论了该清单是如何完成的，其结果，并举例说明了水资源保护计划如何融入整体环境教育信息。该文件描述了如何与其他部门和机构合作，以更高的频率和效率，将节水信息传达给更多的受众。 包括7篇参考文献。

Water conservation programs don't have to stand alone. As part of a coordinated environmental education message, water conservation programs can be more effective and cost efficient when synergized with other departments or agencies. The City of Phoenix, with more than 11,000 employees, serves 1.3 million residents. Outreach programs to reach this citizen base are bound to have redundancies and missed opportunities in both program content, delivery, and funding. In early 2000, a core group of employees, representing several city departments responsible for environmental education, met to see how best theycould work together in developing a comprehensive and city-wide environmental education outreach. The impetus was: development of the ambitious Rio Salado Habitat Restoration Projects; the opportunities for Federal and other funding; and, the realization that it was time, in the interest of increased efficiency and seamless service to our citizens, that departments pooled their considerable talents in order to convey a coordinated environmental message. To that end, this core group employed a consultant to interview staff in city departments and come up with an inventory of every municipal outreach program with any environmental content. In addition, a Visioning Workshop attended by environmental education staff from numerous city departments, provided the groundwork projecting what a citywide environmental education message might look like. The result of the consultant interviews was an inventory of 100 programs overseen by ten departments. This report is not a "living document" but only a snapshot of the programs in play at the time, an attempt to look at environmental messages being put forth by the City. This paper discusses how this inventory was accomplished, its findings, and examples are given of how water conservation programs might fit into the overall environmental education message. The paper describes how, in partnering with other departments and agencies, water conservation messages can reach a far greater audience with far greaterfrequency and efficiency. Includes 7 references.