Watershed Management in Arizona's Mixed Conifer Forests
Author | : Lowell R. Rich |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 24 |
Release | : 1974 |
Genre | : Conifers |
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Author | : Lowell R. Rich |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 24 |
Release | : 1974 |
Genre | : Conifers |
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Author | : Arizona Water Resources Committee |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 1974 |
Genre | : Water resources development |
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Author | : Robert Jerome Glennon |
Publisher | : Island Press |
Total Pages | : 329 |
Release | : 2012-09-26 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1597267872 |
The Santa Cruz River that once flowed through Tucson, Arizona is today a sad mirage of a river. Except for brief periods following heavy rainfall, it is bone dry. The cottonwood and willow trees that once lined its banks have died, and the profusion of birds and wildlife recorded by early settlers are nowhere to be seen. The river is dead. What happened? Where did the water go. As Robert Glennon explains in Water Follies, what killed the Santa Cruz River -- and could devastate other surface waters across the United States -- was groundwater pumping. From 1940 to 2000, the volume of water drawn annually from underground aquifers in Tucson jumped more than six-fold, from 50,000 to 330,000 acre-feet per year. And Tucson is hardly an exception -- similar increases in groundwater pumping have occurred across the country and around the world. In a striking collection of stories that bring to life the human and natural consequences of our growing national thirst, Robert Glennon provides an occasionally wry and always fascinating account of groundwater pumping and the environmental problems it causes. Robert Glennon sketches the culture of water use in the United States, explaining how and why we are growing increasingly reliant on groundwater. He uses the examples of the Santa Cruz and San Pedro rivers in Arizona to illustrate the science of hydrology and the legal aspects of water use and conflicts. Following that, he offers a dozen stories -- ranging from Down East Maine to San Antonio's River Walk to Atlanta's burgeoning suburbs -- that clearly illustrate the array of problems caused by groundwater pumping. Each episode poses a conflict of values that reveals the complexity of how and why we use water. These poignant and sometimes perverse tales tell of human foibles including greed, stubbornness, and, especially, the unlimited human capacity to ignore reality. As Robert Glennon explores the folly of our actions and the laws governing them, he suggests common-sense legal and policy reforms that could help avert potentially catastrophic future effects. Water Follies, the first book to focus on the impact of groundwater pumping on the environment, brings this widespread but underappreciated problem to the attention of citizens and communities across America.
Author | : Arizona Watershed Program |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : |
Genre | : |
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Author | : Bonnie G. Colby |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 274 |
Release | : 2010-09-30 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 1136525424 |
The central challenge for Arizona and many other arid regions in the world is keeping a sustainable water supply in the face of rapid population growth and other competing demands. This book highlights new approaches that Arizona has pioneered for managing its water needs. The state has burgeoning urban areas, large agricultural regions, water dependent habitats for endangered fish and wildlife, and a growing demand for water-based recreation. A multi-year drought and climate-related variability in water supply complicate the intense competition for water. Written by well-known Arizona water experts, the essays in this book address these issues from academic, professional, and policy perspectives that include economics, climatology, law, and engineering. Among the innovations explored in the book is Arizona‘s Groundwater Management Act. Arizona is not alone in its challenges. As one of the seven states in the Colorado River Basin that depend heavily on the river, Arizona must cooperate, and sometimes compete, with other state, tribal, and federal governments. One institution that furthers regional cooperation is the water bank, which encourages groundwater recharge of surplus surface water during wet years so that the water remains available during dry years. The Groundwater Management Act imposes conservation requirements and establishes planning and investment programs in renewable water supplies. The essays in Arizona Water Policy are accessible to a broad policy-oriented and nonacademic readership. The book explores Arizona‘s water management and extracts lessons that are important for arid and semi-arid areas worldwide.
Author | : Arizona Watershed Program |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 36 |
Release | : 1956 |
Genre | : Irrigation |
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Author | : UNESCO |
Publisher | : UNESCO Publishing |
Total Pages | : 366 |
Release | : 2021-11-25 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9231004883 |
Author | : Dean E. Mann |
Publisher | : University of Arizona Press |
Total Pages | : 334 |
Release | : 2022-06-28 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0816549915 |
“Mann’s book is timely, and its central theme, the role of legal, political, and scientific institutions in the utilization of water in Arizona, is appropriate. It is appropriate, moreover, for the greater region of California and the Southwest, where exist similar problems. . . . The Politics of Water in Arizona ranks along with Richard Cooley’s prize winning Politics and Conservation: The Decline of the Alaska Salmon as an outstanding contribution of a political science to the field of conservation and resource utilization.”—California Historical Society Quarterly
Author | : Arizona. Water Commission |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 1975 |
Genre | : Water resources development |
ISBN | : |
Author | : United States. Soil Conservation Service |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 1977 |
Genre | : Environmental impact statements |
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