Future growth often challenges communities to provide services and resources at a level of quality and price that residents expect. In the Southwest U.S., this…
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When the news reports on traces of birth control hormones or pain killers found in water, we do not know what to think. Is there any danger? How will these…
When planning the Water Resources Research Center’s 2013 annual conference on water security, we knew that the definition of water security was complex. We…
Groundwater Governance - A Global Framework for Action (2011-2014) is a joint project supported by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and implemented by the…
Green infrastructure reduces stormwater pollution by infiltrating, evapotranspiring, capturing, and using rainwater, and can be used to replace or augment…
In November 2012, five people were elected for the Central Arizona Water Conservation District. The CAWCD and its board members may not be well known to the…
In December 2012, the U.S. Department of Interior released the Colorado River Basin Water Supply and Demand Study, with officials referring to it as a “Call to…
Evapotranspiration (ET) is an important quantity for water resource managers to know because it often represents the largest sink for precipitation (P)…
Green infrastructure uses vegetation and soil to manage rainwater where it falls. This broad term can include minimizing impervious area on a development site…
Before our region was developed, forests and open spaces absorbed rainwater. As we built cities and towns and added hard surfaces (impervious surfaces), the…
A natural consequence of groundwater withdrawals is the removal of water from subsurface storage, but the overall rates and magnitude of groundwater depletion…
This report assesses the 2011 economic contributions of watchable wildlife recreation in Arizona, statewide, by county and by specific types of activity.…
The third Arid Low Impact Development Conference was held in Tucson, Arizona from March 27-29, 2012. With over 200 participants, the conference attracted…
University of Arizona Distinguished Outreach Professor Sharon Megdal grew up in Irvington, N.J., where scarcity of water wasn’t a problem. After she settled in…
Fungicide in orange juice, Arsenic in apple juice, Listeria in cantaloupe--these are the latest “food safety issues you care about” listed at foodandwaterwatch…
