Hydrologic Factors Affecting Groundwater Management for the City of Tucson, Arizona
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Water and Sewer Department, City of Tucson, ArizonaIssue Date
1978-04-15Keywords
Hydrology -- Arizona.Water resources development -- Arizona.
Hydrology -- Southwestern states.
Water resources development -- Southwestern states.
Hydrologic properties
Water supply
Water wells
Groundwater availability
Water budget
Urban hydrology
Water utilization
Groundwater mining
Water allocation
Water table
Hydrologic aspects
Comprehensive planning
Pumping
Costs
Subsidence
Water quality
Areal hydrogeology
Tucson
Arizona
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Arizona-Nevada Academy of ScienceAbstract
Assessment of the basic hydrologic and geologic parameters controlling the occurrence and availability of local groundwater is one of the first steps in formulating any comprehensive water management plan. Each of several parameters must be carefully evaluated both individually and in relation to the other factors which together describe the occurrence and movement of the subsurface water resources. These evaluations are fundamental to the legal and political decision- making framework within which the Water Utility must operate for both short and long-range water management planning. Recent changes in several hydrologic parameters have been observed throughout much of the groundwater reservoir tapped by numerous users in the Tucson Basin. Accelerated water level decline rates, decreasing production capacities of existing wells, increased hydrologic interference and increased demand for water are all having an impact on our water resource. These conditions must be evaluated before basin -wide groundwater management alternatives can be implemented.ISSN
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