Management Alternatives for Santa Cruz Basin Groundwater

Foster, K. E.

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Foster, K. E.

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Office of Arid Lands Studies, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona

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1978-04-15

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This article is part of the Hydrology and Water Resources in Arizona and the Southwest collections. Digital access to this material is made possible by the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science and the University of Arizona Libraries. For more information about items in this collection, contact anashydrology@gmail.com.

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Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science

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Hydrology and Water Resources in Arizona and the Southwest

Abstract

Combined urban, agricultural, industrial and mining groundwater withdrawal from the Santa Cruz River Basin exceeds natural aquifer replenishment by 74,000 acre -feet annually. Four ameliorative water management alternatives are presented singly and in combination with one another. These alternatives are importing Colorado River water, exchanging treated effluent with mining and agricultural interests for groundwater, interbasin water transfer, and retiring farmlands for groundwater rights. These management philosophies are applicable to most economically emergent urban areas in arid and semiarid regions.

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0272-6106

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Hydrology and Water Resources in Arizona and the Southwest, Volume 08 (1978)