Author: Geological Survey (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Ground-water Resources of the Santa Cruz Basin, Arizona
Author: Geological Survey (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Ground-water Resources of the Santa Cruz Basin, Arizona
Author: Geological Survey (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Further Investigations of the Ground-water Resources of the Santa Cruz Basin, Arizona
Author: Geological Survey (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Groundwater
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
Ground-water Quality in the Upper Santa Cruz Basin, Arizona, 1998
Author: Alissa L. CoesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Groundwater
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
Water-resources Investigations Report
Author: Climate Change and Water Resources Management
Author: Levi D. BrekkePublisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1437920497
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Many challenges, including climate change, face the Nation¿s water managers. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has provided estimates of how climate may change, but more understanding of the processes driving the changes, the sequences of the changes, and the manifestation of these global changes at different scales could be beneficial. Since the changes will likely affect fundamental drivers of the hydrological cycle, climate change may have a large impact on water resources and water resources managers. The purpose of this interagency report is to explore strategies to improve water management by tracking, anticipating, and responding to climate change. Charts and tables.
Water Follies
Author: Robert Jerome GlennonPublisher: Island Press
ISBN: 1597267872
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
The Santa Cruz River that once flowed through Tucson, Arizona is today a sad mirage of a river. Except for brief periods following heavy rainfall, it is bone dry. The cottonwood and willow trees that once lined its banks have died, and the profusion of birds and wildlife recorded by early settlers are nowhere to be seen. The river is dead. What happened? Where did the water go. As Robert Glennon explains in Water Follies, what killed the Santa Cruz River -- and could devastate other surface waters across the United States -- was groundwater pumping. From 1940 to 2000, the volume of water drawn annually from underground aquifers in Tucson jumped more than six-fold, from 50,000 to 330,000 acre-feet per year. And Tucson is hardly an exception -- similar increases in groundwater pumping have occurred across the country and around the world. In a striking collection of stories that bring to life the human and natural consequences of our growing national thirst, Robert Glennon provides an occasionally wry and always fascinating account of groundwater pumping and the environmental problems it causes. Robert Glennon sketches the culture of water use in the United States, explaining how and why we are growing increasingly reliant on groundwater. He uses the examples of the Santa Cruz and San Pedro rivers in Arizona to illustrate the science of hydrology and the legal aspects of water use and conflicts. Following that, he offers a dozen stories -- ranging from Down East Maine to San Antonio's River Walk to Atlanta's burgeoning suburbs -- that clearly illustrate the array of problems caused by groundwater pumping. Each episode poses a conflict of values that reveals the complexity of how and why we use water. These poignant and sometimes perverse tales tell of human foibles including greed, stubbornness, and, especially, the unlimited human capacity to ignore reality. As Robert Glennon explores the folly of our actions and the laws governing them, he suggests common-sense legal and policy reforms that could help avert potentially catastrophic future effects. Water Follies, the first book to focus on the impact of groundwater pumping on the environment, brings this widespread but underappreciated problem to the attention of citizens and communities across America.
Simulation of Ground-water Flow and Potential Land Subsidence, Upper Santa Cruz Basin, Arizona
Author: R. T. HansonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Groundwater flow
Languages : en
Pages : 60
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