Arizona Water Resource Spring 2011

Spring 2011
Arizona Water Resource, , vol. 19, no. 2, 12pp., Water Resources Research Center, Tucson, AZ, Spring 2011
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Water draws people together because water is life. However, when many people, animals, and industries are competing over limited water, things can get tense. Transboundary aquifers are sources of groundwater that defy our political boundaries and often lead to intense conversation about what should be done in order to give everyone a fair share.

Table of Contents:

Features
Transboundary Aquifers: Water Wars or Cooperative Conservation?

News Briefs
EPA and ADEQ Considering Stricter Standards for Chromium in Drinking Water
Correction
Month Dedicated to Water Awareness
Innovative Educational Program Introduces Middle Schoolers to Water Resources Research

Announcements
The WRRC now on Facebook!
New Resources
Top Water Blogs
Water Footprint Calculators

Special Feature
Winners of the Joe Gelt Undergraduate Writing Competition

Open-Ocean or Land-Based Desalination: Responses to Water Scarcity that Reduce Environmental Impacts
The Case for Pumping the Big Chino Aquifer

Public Policy Review
Back to Fundamentals—On Economics and Water Pricing by Sharon Megdal