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The Water Resources Research Center (WRRC) publishes a range of materials from newsletters to issue papers to information and resource guides. For copies, contact the WRRC, University of Arizona, 350 N. Campbell Avenue, Tucson, Arizona 85721, 520-792-9591.
T. Sprouse. 2005. Water Issues on the Arizona– Mexico Border: The Santa Cruz, San Pedro and Colorado Rivers . Water Resources Research Center, University of Arizona, Tucson (33 pages).
B. Tellman. Patrick B. Shafroth, Mark K. Briggs Technical Coordinators: 1999. Riparian Ecosystem Resoration in the Gila River Basin: Opportunities and Constraints. Issue Paper No. 21, Water Resources Research Center, University of Arizona, Tucson.
This publication is a Proceedings from a workshop held April 8-9, 1999 in Tucson, AZ. It is available for download at no cost. (88 pages)
This publication provides basic information about 162 researchers at the three Arizona state universities with expertise in water-related areas. The areas covered include hydrology, agricultural economics, flood control, water law, water pollution and many other fields. (126 pages)
This paper examines how existing institutions may impede or facilitate adoption of an ecosystem management approach. It identifies five problem areas where social science research can improve our understanding of institutional requirements for implementing ecosystem management.
This paper examines ways in which the 18 western states manage connected groundwater and surface water. Its purpose is to look at a variety of theoretical systems in use, as models for states in which new approaches may be needed. (77 pages)
This guide, targeted to schools, libraries, public officials, the media, and others, lists places to call for answers to questions about various water topics, sources of teaching materials about water, and available water publications, etc. Revised and updated for its 1992 edition. (58 pages)
This paper is intended as a guidebook to facilitate the dialogue between Indians and non-Indians on water rights issues. It examines the social, political, and economic questions that may arise in litigation and settlement negotiations and presents case studies highlighting these questions. (93 pages) ($5.00)
This paper presents the water quality, water supply, and landuse issues that affect the survival and management of Arizona's riparian areas supported in whole or in part by waste water discharges. Intended for a general audience, it contains information useful to state agencies, environmental organizations, and citizens' groups interested in reconciling effective water management and environmental goals. (45 pages)
This paper contains basic information on statewide water supply and demand, water management institutions, and current water issue facing the state of Arizona. It is intended to provide an overview for legislators, water agency personnel, and the interested public, for a better informed policy debate. No similar publication is available in the State. (56 pages)
A guide to technical information sources on water in Arizona, including collections of documents, maps, and photographs, as well as data bases. (36 pages)
A collection of scholarly papers setting the background for discussions of Arizona's Groundwater Management Act of 1980 -- its origins, its objectives, its successes, and its failing. (48 pages) ($3.00)
An assessment of issues surrounding the use of effluent in Arizona, with discussion of issues of supply and demand, effluent water quality and public health, and legal, institutional and policy issues. (46 pages) ($3.00)
A public information booklet on instream flow rights in Arizona. It covers the purposes of such rights, how they are acquired, and their potential impacts on the water rights of others. The booklet also contains a review of the instream flow rights applications that had been made and those few that had been granted. (26 pages)
A state-of-knowledge assessment of Arizona's institutions for managing water supply and water quality, with explanation of why their evolutions took separate paths, and obstacles to and opportunities for integrating them. (34 pages) ($3.00)
An information booklet for the informed lay person in question-and-answer format. (14 pages) ($1.00)
A technical review of knowledge to date on CAP water quality and its impact on water management. (100 pages) ($6.00)
An overview and summary of research on risk and risk perception. (22 pages) ($2.00)
A short, pamphlet-sized and attractively produced public information booklet. It describes for lay people the process for giving notice of their water rights in the general stream adjudication of the Gila River system. (13 pages)
The Arizona Water Resource
is a newsletter and a channel of communication to serve the Arizona water
community. The AWR publishes news and information provided
by public and private water organizations and agencies. Its coverage includes
information on research and other studies, legislative affairs, news briefs,
legal developments, a calendar of events, and other types of information
of general interest. It is distributed free of charge.
This study was done by Jim Henderson and Gary Woodard and deals with the functioning of aging low-consumption toilets in Tucson based on information gained through rebate program participants. It was completed in October of 2000.
This is a Water Casa Publication available on the Water Casa Website
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