Lake Havasu City has had a water conservation plan for a number of years credited with reducing per capita water use.  Components include an increasing block rate water rate structure, low water use landscape requirements for certain lot sizes, no-turf policy for commercial, industrial and multi-family property and effluent reuse (Lake Havasu City, 2006).  The City of Bullhead City also has a water conservation program and has entered into subcontract agreements with the three water companies that serve water within the City to implement water conservation practices.  Practices include turf restrictions, an incentive program to use reclaimed water and leak detection and repair.  There is an incentive program to retrofit existing homes and commercial buildings with low-flow plumbing fixtures (USBOR, 2006c).  The City also offers a Landscape Rebate Program to convert grass to low water use plants.

The Hualapai Tribe has adopted several ordinances to protect water resources including a Water Resource Ordinance to ensure water quality, a Wetlands Protection and Preservation Ordinance, and a Drought Contingency Plan that establishes drought declaration criteria and identifies response actions (Hualapai Tribe, 2007).