The National Pollutant Removal Performance Database, version 2 (Winer, 2000) consisted of 139 individual best management practice (BMP) performance studies…
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In 1987 Pima County and City of Tucson adopted a detention/retention manual, which envisioned regional detention basins for multiple benefits. Today, there are…
One of my columns each year is devoted to Water Resources Research Center activities as I highlight some of my recent and ongoing projects. Contrary to what…
Recently passed legislation will allow Cochise County voters to create a special water management district on the upper San Pedro River as part of a plan to…
Arizona Conserve Water is a publication dedicated to the premise that it is never too early to learn to conserve water. The K-12 educators' guide is a tool to…
Stormwater regulations have identified public education and participation as key features of holistic stormwater programs though this aspect is often…
Municipalities have implemented a wide range of “carrot” (incentive) and “stick” (regulatory requirement) approaches to encourage…
We in the water world are all familiar — perhaps too familiar — with the distinction often made between whiskey and water, that one is for drinking and the…
As if Arizona did not have enough water-supply worries due to population growth and drought, the state is now contending with an application to transfer…
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…
I was recently in Washington for the annual meeting of water center directors from across the country, and I participated in a panel on outreach. My assignment…
The Tucson office of the Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR) has developed a new pilot program, Drop Your Water Use, to educate retail nursery…
A situation in Arizona is garnering national attention with the U.S. Supreme Court agreeing to hear a pair of consolidated appeals EPA y. Defenders of Wildlife…
Faced with the significant challenge of groundwater overdraft, Arizona adopted groundwater recharge as a water management priority. This 12-page publication…
Otto von Bismarck reportedly once said, “Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.” I am not sure what to make of this remark since…
