In 1987 Pima County and City of Tucson adopted a detention/retention manual, which envisioned regional detention basins for multiple benefits. Today, there are…
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One of my columns each year is devoted to Water Resources Research Center activities as I highlight some of my recent and ongoing projects. Contrary to what…
Recently passed legislation will allow Cochise County voters to create a special water management district on the upper San Pedro River as part of a plan to…
Arizona Conserve Water is a publication dedicated to the premise that it is never too early to learn to conserve water. The K-12 educators' guide is a tool to…
Municipalities have implemented a wide range of “carrot” (incentive) and “stick” (regulatory requirement) approaches to encourage…
Stormwater regulations have identified public education and participation as key features of holistic stormwater programs though this aspect is often…
We in the water world are all familiar — perhaps too familiar — with the distinction often made between whiskey and water, that one is for drinking and the…
As if Arizona did not have enough water-supply worries due to population growth and drought, the state is now contending with an application to transfer…
A semi-arid state with a rapidly expanding population, Arizona faces a never-ending struggle over water supply problems. Three primary sources of water—state…
I was recently in Washington for the annual meeting of water center directors from across the country, and I participated in a panel on outreach. My assignment…
A situation in Arizona is garnering national attention with the U.S. Supreme Court agreeing to hear a pair of consolidated appeals EPA y. Defenders of Wildlife…
The Tucson office of the Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR) has developed a new pilot program, Drop Your Water Use, to educate retail nursery…
Faced with the significant challenge of groundwater overdraft, Arizona adopted groundwater recharge as a water management priority. This 12-page publication…
North-central Arizona's dilemma is the same confronting many other areas of the state: a growing population and limited water supplies. A recently released…
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