River restoration activities are becoming increasingly common in many communities today. Such efforts in Arizona are illustrative of a larger ecosystem and…
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Practicing water conservation is generally acknowledged to be a good thing. Everyone recognizes that one way to lessen the need to find new water sources to…
Keywords: stormwater, drainage, watershed
This report presents a general picture of riparian restoration in the Santa Cruz River basin, analyzing how and why various restoration projects were…
Nitrate is one of the most common contaminants in ground water in Arizona, exceeding the maximum contaminant level (MCL) in many aquifers in the state. …
One of the keys to solving the West's water supply problems is finding smart, innovative ways to recycle water. The 2009 issue of Arroyo examines the many…
The development of water markets to facilitate the movement of water rights from agricultural to municipal and industrial use has been slower in Arizona than…
Keywords: water conservation, water efficient landscape, low-water-use plants, approved plant list, landscape design, commerical, residential, institutional,…
—Available studies of the built environment and the BMI of children and youth suggest a contemporaneous association with neighborhood greenness in…
It is no doubt a sign of the drought-struck times that efforts to strictly account for lower Colorado River water use are now focusing on individual landowners…
This column is a bittersweet one. I say this because this issue of the newsletter marks the end of an era: Joe Gelt is retiring as Water Resources Research…
Keywords: water harvesting, regulation, policy, ordinance, code, stormwater
With desalination looming big on the water resource horizon, many water officials are looking at their options. One option Arizona officials are considering is…
Rainwater catchment or rainwater harvesting are catch-all terms for collecting, storing, and later using precipitation from rock out-crops, roofs, and other…
The City of Lancaster (City) desires to have landscape development in an attractive, water efficient, and high quality manner. These landscape and irrigation…
