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.
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
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.
05/09/2016
Arroyo 2016 - Potable Reuse of Water
The potable reuse of water has occurred throughout time as communities that grew up along rivers took their supplies from the river and disposed of their waste into the same river.
07/28/2015
Arroyo 2015 - Closing the Water Demand-Supply Gap in Arizona
There is an acknowledged gap between future water demand and supply available in Arizona. In some parts of Arizona, the gap exists today, where water users have been living on groundwater for a while, often depleting what can be thought of as their water savings account. In other places, active water storage programs are adding to water savings accounts.