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	Arizona Water Resource, November December 2008 It is no doubt a sign of the drought-struck times that efforts to strictly account for lower Colorado River water use are now focusing on individual landowners and homeowners who have drilled wells and pump water along the lower Colorado River. Up to now, efforts to regulate Colorado River water use have mainly been directed at the big water users: states, Indian nations and irrigation districts.
	Arizona Water Resource, September-October 2008 Volume 17, Number 1 With desalination looming big on the water resource horizon, many water officials are looking at their options. One option Arizona officials are considering is building a desalination plant in Puerto Pe?asco that would be a joint Mexican-Arizona project, with both the resort community and the state benefitting from the desalinated water supplies.
	Arizona Water Resource, July-August 2008, Volume 16, Number 6 How much water is needed to produce a hamburger? At one time this was not the type of question many water officials deeply pondered. They were more concerned with the amount of water used to irrigate a lawn or operate a washing machine than worry about hamburgers, sugar, milk, oils and vegetables as significant water-using commodities. This was food that could be purchased, served and consumed, with nary a flow, sprinkle or drip evident to disturb the most devote water-saving consumers and dampen their appetites.
	Arizona Water Resource, May-June 2008, Volume 16, Number 5 The Nature Conservancy Sponsors Supplement This edition of the AWR includes a four-page supplement from The Nature Conservancy, titled The Ecological Implications of Verde River Flows. TNC?s sponsorship of the supplement helps pay the expenses of newsletter publication. We appreciate the opportunity to work with TNC and the organization?s generous support.
	Arizona Water Resource, March-April 2008, Volume 16, Number 4 Special double issue! This publication is a ?twofer? containing a shortened version of the Arizona Water Resource newsletter along with the most recent edition of Arroyo focusing on river restoration projects in the state. The AWR notes the 50th anniversary of the Water Resources Research Center.
	Arizona Water Resource, January-February 2008, Volume 16, Number 3 Prescott Valley town officials are pleased with the results of an auction of 2,724 acre-feet of effluent water rights that could net the town over $67 million, funds the town will use to acquire needed water supplies for the rapidly growing area. The favorable results at auction have been attributed to the careful planning and calculated efforts that went into researching and structuring the unprecedented water marketing transaction.