Summer,
August 17, 1992
Arroyo
,
6 vol.
,
no. 2
, pages 1-8
,
8 pp.
,
Water Resources Research Center
,
Tucson, AZ
Mostly underground and out of sight, the effects of groundwater over-pumping and declining water tables are difficult for many people to envision, much less conceptualize. The most apparent manifestation of excessive groundwater pumping seems to be the political and public policy debates the issue provokes. In other words, the most obvious effect of groundwater overdraft in Arizona is the Groundwater Management Act.