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Arizona Water Map Poster

Water Map

The Water Resources Research Center is pleased to announce the release of the new Arizona Water Map Poster, the latest in our series of reliable and concise visual representations of Arizona's water resources. This, the fourth edition of the map is the product of a design and review process that engaged stakeholders from across regions and sectors. The new map reflects the current state of water resources in Arizona, as well as a culture of management and planning unique to the state.

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October 22, 2021
Tackling Wicked Water Problems in the Transboundary Colorado River Basin
  • Sharon B. Megdal
A 20-minute presentation, Tackling Wicked Water Problems in the Transboundary Colorado River Basin, is available for viewing on the WRRC website. This recorded keynote presentation was to be shown at a conference in Morocco on October 20, 2021. Announcement of postponement of the in-person conference arrived a few days after the recording was submitted. Due to the high interest in the low-flow conditions of the Colorado River locally, nationally, and internationally, WRRC Director Sharon Megdal is making the recorded presentation and slides freely available. A written supplement...
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A Visual Guide to Water in the Pinal Active Management Area
July 02, 2020
A Visual Guide to Water in the Pinal Active Management Area
  • Ashley Hullinger
  • Blase Evancho
The WRRC is pleased to share our newly released report Getting Down to Facts: A Visual Guide to Water in the Pinal Active Management Area, a collection of information on water use and management in the Pinal Active Management Area (AMA). In partnership with the Babbitt Center for Land and Water Policy, this report was created as a reference resource for interested residents, decision makers, and other stakeholders by summarizing existing data, through graphics and concise text. This report, with its 40 customized figures and tables, uses maps and data visualizations to explain the...
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May 31, 2017
Desert Flows Methodology Guidebook
  • Grant Weinkam
  • Elia Tapia
  • Susanna Eden
  • Abraham Springer
Successful implementation of environmental flow projects depends on land and water managers having clear objectives and access to reliable data. This guidebook provides information on a variety of methods that can be utilized under different fiscal or temporal constraints to determine and implement appropriate environmental flow targets. Based on evidence from cases focused in the Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico, steps are suggested to help ensure maintenance of flows under uncertain future natural and socio-economic conditions. The importance of education and engagement to...
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September 12, 2016
Desert Flows Assessment
  • Kelly Mott Lacroix
  • Elia Tapia
  • Abraham E. Springer
In the past decade there has been increased interest in providing water to meet the needs of riparian and aquatic ecosystems in the western United States and policymakers are using their knowledge of environmental flow needs to advocate for both political and scientific changes. However, there are significant challenges associated with including environmental flows in water management and planning. First, water rights for environmental flows are not universal, and in many cases legal tools used to incorporate the environment into water management and planning only require new users to...
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November 14, 2012
Arizona Environmental Water Needs Methodology Guidebook
  • Joanna B. Nadeau
  • Sharon B. Megdal
  • Greta Anderson
  • Brittany Xiu
  • Leah Edwards
Arizona Environmental Water Needs (AzEWN) Methodology Guidebook: Determining the best methods or quantifying environmental flow needs depends on what is to be studied as well as how the information will be used.  This guidebook will provide a description of the methodologies used in Arizona to define the environment’s need for water. Depending on the geographic context, the time and effort available, and whether the goal is restoration or maintenance of an ecosystem, some methods will be more appropriate for a given application than others. The resulting flows prescribed by each method...
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Know Your Water Cover
October 01, 2012
AZ Know Your Water
  • Janick F. Artiola
  • Kathryn L. Farrell-Poe
  • Jackie Moxley
A consumer's guide to water sources in Arizona, quality regulations, and home water treatment options, funded through the TRIF Water Sustainability Program grants program. Click on link above to download pdf.
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Videos

WRRC Annual Conference 2020 - Keynote: The Colorado River and Arizona’s WaterManagement

WRRC Annual Conference 2020 - Keynote: Looking Forward, Then and Now

WRRC Annual Conference 2020 - Choosing a Route

WRRC Annual Conference 2020 - Drawing the Water Map

WRRC Annual Conference 2020 Sponsors

WRRC Annual Conference 2020 - The Road Traveled

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Beyond the Mirage

Beyond the Mirage

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