Cities create remarkable social environments out of what had been untouched natural landscapes. It is important to understand what is lost in that process as…
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Desalination, the removal of salts from water, harvests fresh water from salty water. It is not the “silver bullet” that will supply the world, or Arizona,…
Water draws people together because water is life. However, when many people, animals, and industries are competing over limited water, things can get tense.…
Some readers of my column may not know that I am an economist by training. As a graduate student and at the start of my professional career, I focused on…
Basic components described are for a non-potable storage system. A potable system would need to consist of all food grade materials, and water would need to be…
On October 14, 2008, Mayor and Council unanimously voted to require all new residences to be built with gray water capabilities. Starting June 1, 2010, all new…
This document is a four-page color brochure highlighting the contents of the Arizona Environmental Water Needs Assessment Report and Methodology Guidebook.
Keywords: low impact development; EPA; Phase II stormwater regulations; MS4 regulations; case studies
This paper examines the extent to which environmental water needs, especially the needs of riparian habitats, have both been recognized and neglected in…
Public Law 111-11, Subtitle F (SECURE1 Water Act), section (§) 9503 authorizes the U.S. Department of Interior’s Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation…
In this paper CCAP provides information on the costs and benefits of “green” infrastructure solutions for bolstering local adaptation to climate…
When it comes to finances, balancing the budget is important. But what about balancing our water use? We turn on the tap and out comes clean, treated water…
The field of hydrophilanthropy has been around for decades, although the term is fairly new. Hydrophilanthropy means different things to different people,…
This column focuses on an issue that permeates our state and regional water management challenges: uncertainty. Here are just a few of the uncertainties…
