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Keeping the Glass Full in Southern Arizona

Keeping the Glass Full in Southern Arizona. September 14, 2012. Arizona’s Centennial & Water 1912 - 2012. Planned & Invested Utilized Water Resources Groundwater Management Code Assured Water Supply Rules. Safe-Yield by 2025. =. Tucson AMA Assessment - Good News.

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Keeping the Glass Full in Southern Arizona

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  1. Keeping the Glass Fullin Southern Arizona September 14, 2012

  2. Arizona’s Centennial & Water 1912 - 2012 Planned & Invested Utilized Water Resources Groundwater Management Code Assured Water Supply Rules

  3. Safe-Yield by 2025 =

  4. Tucson AMA Assessment -Good News Planning and Investing in Resources & Infrastructure has made Arizona the most progressive state in water management. Increased use of Renewable Supplies. Groundwater Overdraft has declined.

  5. Tucson AMA Assessment -Bad News “The bad news is that with the current authorities, it will be almost impossible to meet the management goals, and may over time move us farther away. These goals are the fundamental underpinnings to ensuring a long-term sustainable water supply for the State of Arizona.” (TAMA Assessment, p. 96) Seven Scenarios – None reach Safe Yield by 2025

  6. Why is Safe-Yield Important? Headline on January 1, 2025 Strengthens Economy Long-Term Water Management

  7. Aquifer Management

  8. Solutions = $$$$ Infrastructure Water Resources

  9. Agriculture

  10. Industrial

  11. Municipal

  12. Cooperation • SAWUA • Water CASA • Managed Recharge Project • Wheeling Study/Agreement • Northwest CAP Efforts • Upper Santa Cruz Providers & Users Group • City/County Water & Wastewater Study • Regional Water Assessment Task Force • USGS Subsidence & Aquifer Storage Monitoring • Safe Yield Task Force

  13. Summary • To date, we have achieved much from planning and investing in our water • No crisis..... • but we have work to do to reach safe-yield • To reach safe-yield will require planning and investing

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