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Arizona Water Policy - Management Innovations in an Urbanizing, Arid Region (Paperback)
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Arizona Water Policy - Management Innovations in an Urbanizing, Arid Region (Paperback)
Series: Issues in Water Resource Policy
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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.
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