In a brief commentary piece that appeared in the Aug. 23 Arizona Republic titled “Why the Valley could be the Venice in the desert” editorial writer Kathleen Ingles lauds efforts underway in Scottsdale to develop its canal areas as attractive public space. She hopes the completion of the gateway art project, part of the Scottsdale Waterfront, “sparks more interest in taking advantage of the scenic value of our canal system. Excluding the Central Arizona Project, metropolitan Phoenix has 131 miles of major canals. Four times more than Venice."
Table of Contents:
Guest View
- Careful How You Define Sustainable Yield and Safe Yield
Water Vapors
- Layperson's Guide to Arizona Water Now Available
- Forum: Public Input Key to Good Water Policy
- Can the Valley of the Sun be a Venice in the Desert?
Public Policy Review
- Water Professionals, Citizens Mutually Benefit at Tucson Water Forum
- Wanted: A Viable Biofuel Crop to Grow in Semi-arid Arizona
- Publications & On-Line Resources
- Residents of Salt, Verde Watersheds Can Access Water Data on SRP's New Web Site
- New Report Offers Strategy to Save/Restore Lower Colorado River Delta
Legislation and Law
- Report: AZ Facilities Often in Violation of CWA Limits
- House Water Caucus Formed to Collectively Address Issues
Special Projects
- New Project Maps Location of Earth Fissures in Arizona
- Tremendous Response to Fissure Maps
News Briefs
- Prescott Valley Auctions Effluent
- Great Lakes States Wary of Western Water Designs
- As West Withers East May Bloom
- Homeland Security's Border River Environmental Record Mixed
Announcements
- Return the Postcard ? Or else! You will be cut from the WRRC mailing list
- Water Reuse, Desal Abstracts Invited
- CAP Award for Water Research
- Conflict Resolution Conference
- ADEQ Issues RFP for Water Quality Funding
- Water Conservation/Xeriscape Conference
ARW Insert: Total Water Management: Resource Conservation in the Face of Population Growth and Water Scarcity This edition of the AWR contains a 4-page supplement from Global Water.