Community-based solutions to water problems is the theme of the 2020 Arroyo, newly released by the University of Arizona Water Resources Research Center. The stories featured in the Arroyo illustrate how communities outside the cities of Central Arizona are approaching local challenges such as limited water supplies and increasing water demand—from traditional infrastructure projects to innovations made possible by new partnerships and cooperative action.
Susanna Eden
Susanna Eden
Assistant Director
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350 North Campbell Ave.
Tucson, AZ 85719
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Water resources policy and management, with focus on negotiated decision making, the role of science in policy and decisions, groundwater recharge and recovery, sustainability and growth, and climate change.
Susanna collaborates on development and implementation of research and outreach programs with relevance to Arizona water resource policy and management. She manages and conducts applied research projects and dissemination of research results. She oversees development of the WRRC's regular publication and edits the quarterly newsletter, Arizona Water Resource.
Publications
07/01/2019
Tucson Leads the Way
In collaboration with city, county, and academic institutions can open new opportunities to secure new water resources. Green infrastructure is critical to reducing the demand on potable supplies, explain authors Susanna Eden at the University of Arizona Water Resources Research Center and at the Pima County Regional Flood Control District.
05/14/2018
Arroyo 2018 - WATER AND IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE IN ARIZONA
The WRRC is pleased to announce the publication of our 2018 Arroyo, “Water and Irrigated Agriculture in Arizona.” A comprehensive summary of Arizona’s irrigated agriculture, this Arroyo contains a brief history from early indigenous practices to the present and descriptions of current centers of irrigated agriculture. There are discussions of issues relating to water use by irrigated agriculture, the legal and regulatory context, water challenges, and water efficiency and conservation. It concludes with a look toward future opportunities.
05/31/2017
Arroyo 2017 - ARIZONA WATER BANKING, RECHARGE, AND RECOVERY
Throughout this Arroyo, water banking refers to the storage of water underground in natural aquifers for future use. In Arizona, this underground storage is achieved through recharge projects permitted by the Arizona Department of Water Resources
05/31/2017
Desert Flows Methodology Guidebook
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.
05/23/2016
Opening the Black Box
Stakeholder participation is a foundation of good water governance. Good groundwater governance typically involves the co-production of knowledge about the groundwater system. Models provide a vehicle for producing this knowledge, as well as a “boundary object” around which scientists and stakeholders can convene the co-production process.