Winter, 1987
Arizona Water Resources,
vol.
87,
no.
1,
8
pp.,
Water Resources Research Center,
Tucson, AZ,
Winter,
1987
One of the most significant environmental events to occur in Arizona over the last several years is the enactment of the new state Environmental Quality Act The law, which became effective on August 13, 1986, emerged after several years of vigorous debate and conflict among the state's myriad interests, and represents a consensus achieved at the urging of then Governor Bruce Babbitt.