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Water Conservation Banking: Municipal Water Conservation to Support Environmental Enhancement

In the Southwest United States attempts to improve the health and habitat value of riparian areas have focused on environmental restoration and preservation…

Good Intentions, Unintended Consequences

A semi-arid state with a rapidly expanding population, Arizona faces a never-ending struggle over water supply problems. Three primary sources of water—state…

Municipal Water Reuse in Tucson, Arizona, USA

Arizona's Groundwater Management Act limits the use of groundwater to meet growing demand for water by the municipal sector.  The state's recharge and…

Groundwater Recharge as a Tool for Meeting Arizona Water Policy Objectives

Groundwater recharge has the possibility to be an innovative policy that helps to manage the groundwater supply, assures full use of the Colorado River water…

Valuing Mexican Effluent in Southern Arizona

This presentation details the value of Mexican effluent to Southern Arizona. The components of the study include agriculture, property values, tourism, and the…

Water Resource Availability for the Tucson Metropolitan Area

Groundwater has long been a significant water source for many areas in Arizona.  In 1980 Arizona adopted the Groundwater Management Act (ACT) to address…

Projects to Enhance Arizona’s Environment: An Examination of their Functions, Water Requirements and Public Benefits

In Arizona, many once lush riparian areas have been lost. This decline has not gone unnoticed, and in the past decade a growing number of efforts have been…

Water and Growth, Chapter 4, 88th Arizona Town Hall Background Report

There have been eighty-eight Town Halls to date.  The eighty-eighth was held in Prescott on April 9-12, 2006, and addressed “Arizona’s Rapid Growth and…

The Nogales International Wastewater Treatment Plant: History and Current Issues

Presentation to the Water Resources on the Santa Cruz River Panel

MODFLOW Modeling of Water Reuse and Ground Water Recharge

Environmental Restoration in Urban Arizona

This paper is based on a presentation made at the Urban Design in Arid Regions Second International Symposium, Tucson, Arizona, January 23, 2005.…

In the image of the market: The Chilean model of water resources management

Abstract: Chile’s free-market Water Code turned 20 years old in October 2001. This anniversary was an important milestone for both Chilean and international…

Environmental Restoration Projects in Arizona: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Approach, Final Report, June 2005

The focus of this paper is on Ecosystem Restoration Projects undertaken in Arizona by the United States Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), under their Civil…

The Importance of Water Storage and Recovery in Arizona

In January of 2004, Dr. Harry W. Ayer retired after completing over thirty-four years of service to Arizona’s agriculture. Today, he is still actively…

Water Issues on the Arizona/Mexico Border: The Santa Cruz, San Pedro and Colorado Rivers

The U.S.-Mexican border not only represents a meeting of two cultures and two countries, but it is also a melting pot mixture where power and responsibilities…