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Eastern and Southern Australia has experienced a sudden shift to a much drier water supply regime. The first response was to "wait for the drought to break" but it did not.
It is now recognized that there is a need to design institutional arrangements so that they can cope with sudden shifts to a new climatic regime. Learning the hard way,
many mistakes have been made. The result, however, has been the emergence of a commitment to the development of robust water allocation arrangements that are
designed to withstand the test of time.
What lessons from Australia are relevant to Arizona? Is the Australian approach transferable to the USA?
In January, Resolution Copper will start dewatering its mine shaft in Superior, treat that water and then send it to New Magma Irrigation District located near Queen Creek via a pipeline for use in irrigating crops. The University of Arizona’s School of Agriculture will be involved in testing soil and leaf samples of crops grown using this water to insure that there is no harmful effects on both the soil and the crops. This is being done to avoid spilling the water in an environmentally damaging method, such as dumping it into the Queen Creek.
If you are driving to Tucson via I-10 please note the following:
All exits within the city of Tucson are closed due to construction.
Driving East I-10: The last open exit north of Tucson is Prince Road. Exit and take the
frontage road to Speedway, east to Campbell Ave, South to WRRC
Driving West I-10: The last open exit south of Tucson is Kino Pkwy.
Exit and drive north to WRRC.