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Here's an interesting article about DEQ's priorities... and they have a big overlap with the ACC, so I thought you would be interested.
PHOENIX — Capturing rainwater for drinking. Reusing what goes down the shower drain to water the lawn. Irrigating trees with used water from an air-conditioning system.
Recycling water in these and other ways is key to meeting Arizona's long-term water needs, the director of the state Department of Environmental Quality said last week.
"Reclaiming wastewater is absolutely the future," Benjamin Grumbles said in an interview. Arizona currently recycles about 4 percent of its water. Grumbles, who served as assistant administrator for water at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, said he wants to see that figure increase significantly.
"In my view, there is no such thing as wastewater, just wasted water," he said.
Grumbles, appointed to the post earlier this year by Gov. Jan Brewer, said one of his chief goals is increasing collaboration among agencies responsible for water, energy and the environment. That commitment helped bring about a blue- ribbon panel overseen by his department, the Arizona Department of Water Resources and the Arizona Corporation Commission. |
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Annual Water Policy Luncheon |
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Please join Director Guenther and staff on Thursday, September 11 from 10 am until noon at ADWR in the Verde Conference Room (2nd Floor) to discuss some concepts that the Department is considering to enhance Arizona’s surface water programs (NOT Colorado River water), including ideas focused on riparian protection and enhanced compliance. We are also exploring ideas to enhance Arizona’s groundwater programs and will discuss those concepts at the next SWAG meeting (tbd). Because those stakeholders interested in surface water issues comprise a smaller group (or at least different) than those interested in groundwater issues statewide, we have decided to have two separate processes to facilitate discussion.
We look forward to discussing these important issues with you on September 11.
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WUAAZ Technical Conference |
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The battle between SRP and Prescott is heating up. Arizona Capitol Times has a good summary.
A battle over a water pipeline near Prescott could have long-lasting impacts on water law in Arizona and, according to ranchers and other rural residents, threatens to give owners of surface water rights total control of all nearby groundwater.
Ranchers, the city of Prescott and town of Prescott Valley argue that the Salt River Project utility is treading into a minefield and could set a dangerous precedent by challenging Prescott’s plan to pump about 8,000 acre-feet of groundwater every year from the Big Chino Water Ranch.
“SRP is looking at, in our view, not only surface water, but groundwater as all theirs,” said Bas Aja, executive director of the Arizona Cattlemen’s Association. “It’s the big city and central Arizona trying to take all the water they can from everywhere else they can.” |
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