This scenario planning document explores possible futures of the watershed as informed by ongoing interviews, meetings, and feedback from the Gila Watershed…
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Arizona is taking advantage of its open land and ample sunshine to assume a leadership position in the algae biofuel field, although farming algae can use a…
I have been busy guest editing, along with my Australian colleague Peter Dillon, a special issue of the journal Water on the policy and economics of managed…
Policies to improve the housing conditions of elderly residents could play a role in reducing heat-related mortality in New York City, although these policies…
A new report released by U.S. EPA’s Office of Sustainable Communities aims to help local governments, water utilities, nonprofit organizations,…
Water-related technologies developed in recent years are improving efficiency, treatment, utility operations and more. These technological advances have…
Difficulties in describing the value of water are many. This Arroyo seeks to lay out those difficulties and then examine the concept of water’s value from…
We in Arizona justifiably speak of our water management accomplishments. The Groundwater Management Act, the completion of the Central Arizona Project, the…
The Using Watershed Assessments to Inform Planning for Rural Watersheds publication provides a process for developing a baseline watershed assessment. In this…
The Colorado River Basin is just one example, albeit an extremely important one in the West, of a stressed river system. The Colorado River Basin Water Supply…
On April 8, 2014, over 350 people from 49 Arizona communities gathered at the University of Arizona Student Union Memorial Center for the Water Resources…
I am writing this column on March 22, 2014, World Water Day (WWD) from my home in Tucson. In 2012, I spent part of WWD teaching a high school class in…
This article provides the results of a study of four approaches to regional water collaboration in the West. Following up on a recommendation from water…
This article examines the formalization of rainwater harvesting (RWH) and the implications of new policy trends for water governance.
This is a living document of GI/LID case studies in the Tucson region intended to grow as more data is gathered. As of the release, January 2014, 16…
