The Mingus Union High School Stormwater Recharge Project (MUHS-SRP) is a new groundwater recharge demonstration in Cottonwood, Arizona, completed in May 2023 by Friends of the Verde River. The project was developed within the framework of the River-Friendly Living program, which is designed to save water, clean water, increase native habitat, and inspire communities. Rural Arizonans receive 100% of their drinking water from groundwater. Supporting aquifer recharge, therefore, is key to rural sustainability. The Verde River system includes Arizona’s only federally recognized Wild & Scenic Rivers; provides spectacular scenery and habitat for wildlife and recreation, serves irrigation water to farmers; and supplies drinking water to over 2 million people in metropolitan Phoenix.