Community Watershed Alliance
of the Middle San Pedro Valley
Fast Track
…an evolving team of stakeholders
working together to promote
the sustainable health of
our watershed.
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ADWR WATER BUDGET
Click Here for 2005 Brief Water Budget Review
Click here for ADWR Water Budget 2008 Presentation
How does this compare to 2015 data just released by USGS? CWA on the journey for answers
Arizona's Next Century: A Strategic Vision for Water Supply Sustainability - see page 6-1 to 6-18 for Cochise County specifics.
Click Here - large document!Click Here - document on ADWR website- interactive maps.
SECURING ARIZONA'S WATER FUTURE
"WATER BOOK" - Securing Arizona's Water Future - an illustrative outline of Governor Ducey's plan for taking action to help secure the State"s water supplies. Published Feb. 2018.
"The “water book,” as it is known, is available on the Governor’s website.
It escorts readers through Arizona’s storied (and, often, trailblazing) history of water management, including a candid outline of the challenges now facing the State in this era of drought. It also proposes legislative solutions to those issues." ADWR website.
2018 CWA TOPICS OF INTEREST
1. Realize opportunities/ tools to expand data sharing,
2. Research funding opportunities,
3. Enhance partnership building,
4. Actively recruit members and volunteers to move projects forward, particularly SDC restoration,
5. Participate in RMP process,
restoration of Cienega effort,2017 Carry Over
6. Newly proposed 28,000 residential development in Benson Subwatershed - planning for sustainable water supply.
7. Status of BLM SPRNCA Resource Management Plan
LEGISLATION IN THE NEWS
SB1515 and HB2553 Update: Adequate water supply; county review: This bill essentially
allows a county that is not in an Active Management Area, through a vote of the county board of supervisors, to vote not to readopt the 100-year adequate water supply water requirement if certain conditions are met. The conditions, which relate to the county or largest city in the county, include participation in the following: Groundwater recharge, reclaimed water reuse, water conservation programs, and use of low water use plants in certain publically owned areas.
In particular, the bill states that the board of supervisors must review and may, by a unanimous vote, readopt the 100-year requirement within five years of the bill’s effective date, and at least every ten years thereafter. End of Feb., both bills cleared their respetive branch and were transferred to the other. (Arizona Municipal Water Users Association)