Arizona’s water future looks grim, but a new report sees room for hope
… The Arizona Tri-University Recharge and Water Reliability Project released [their] findings on June 17 — and included some hopeful revelations. … Among the research products aimed at facilitating improved watershed management are hydrologic profiles for each of the state’s 51 groundwater basins, as well as a statewide profile illuminating the overall balance of inflows and losses. … Projected changes in temperature, precipitation, recharge and runoff by the end of this century, defined as 2060 to 2099, forecast a drier future for already-parched Arizona compared with the historical period of 1981 to 2020. … Despite this grim overall outlook for Arizona’s water future, the report struck a positive note by compiling a matrix of recharge opportunities.
Other Arizona water supply news:
- KJZZ (Phoenix): There’s a tense relationship between water and housing in Arizona. Court rulings can complicate it
- KJZZ (Phoenix): Arizona’s 3 state universities release joint report on how to capture water lost to evaporation
- City Sun Times (Phoenix): Scottsdale Water proactively planning for future Colorado River uncertainty
- KTAR (Phoenix): Peoria, Cave Creek partner on innovative water exchange
- Signals (Prescott Valley, Ariz.): Water agreement strengthens supply for Peoria, Cave Creek
- Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership: Blog: Ariz. state budget a win for fisheries & wildlife, but highlights future needs for water protections
