A design for developing a comprehensive groundwater quality management program was outlined recently in an article* by Raymond G. Giese, hydrologist with the…
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Groundwater withdrawals in Arizona in 1978 and 1979 were, with one exception, the smallest in over twenty-five years. According to a recent U.S. Geological…
The Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) is developing an Underground Injection Control (UIC) program to regulate the underground disposal of wastes…
The Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 requires an inventory of hazardous mining areas within each state and periodic monitoring of active…
An oversight hearing on the Central Arizona Project (CAP) Tucson Aqueduct was held March 13 in Tucson by a subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives…
Citing Governor Bruce Babbitt's proclamation declaring December "Flood Awareness Month," Wesley Steiner, Department of Water Resources Director, and Charles…
With the generous cooperation of Peabody Coal Company, the financial support of the U.S. Bureau of Mines, and the ingenuity of two University of Arizona…
On June 19, Arizona Governor Bruce Babbitt delivered a copy of Arizona's new Groundwater Management Act to Secretary of the Interior Cecil Andrus in Washington…
A special study group of the Groundwater Management Study Commission has presented concepts for agreement for groundwater law reform in Arizona. The study…
The Bureau of Reclamation has changed its name to the WATER AND POWER RESOURCES SERVICE, to reflect changes in emphasis that have been made in the function of…
Steam produced by the Earth's internal heat has been used to drive generators and produce electricity since the early years of the 20th century. Consequently…
"The Nation's Water Outlook to the Year 2000" was published recently by the Library of Congress Congressional Research Service. Forecasts may include a general…
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Water Resources Division has begun a comprehensive study of groundwater basins in southern Arizona, in parts of adjacent…
Arizona ranks in the top 10 among the 50 states in terms of total amount of groundwater pumped and amount of groundwater pumped per square mile of land surface…
President Carter signed into law the Water Research and Development Act (P.L. 95-467) on October 17, 1978. The Act repeals the Water Resources Research Act of…
