January, 1999
Arizona Water Resources,
Joe Gelt
ed.,
vol.
8,
no.
4,
12
pp.,
Water Resources Research Center,
Tucson, AZ,
January, 1999
Dropping groundwater levels are a major concern in Arizona, with laws and policies adopted to control the decline in various areas ofthe state. Yet where irrigation occurs, and groundwater pumping has either been reduced or stopped, rising groundwater levels can be a problem, in both agricultural and urban areas. Laden with salts and other chemicals, rising groundwater can threaten the productivity of the land and cause other problems as well.