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Water Management Options for the Upper San Pedro Basin: Assessing the Social and Institutional Landscape

Year: 2000

Type: article

Abstract: The San Pedro River flows northward 300 km from its source in northern Mexico into southeastern Arizona.The upper basin, predominantly rural until recently, now is experiencing rapid residential growth.The resulting rise in urban population is raising demand for waterfrom the area's only source: groundwater from the basin.The San Pedro, whose riparian area is nationally protected in the United States, is one of the arid Southwest's last remaining streams to flow virtually year-round.Accordingly, issues surrounding the river's use and protection have drawn considerable attention and controversy.This paper examines watermanagement options for the basin and emphasizes the groundwater versus surface water nature of the resource and the social and institutional elements of the controversy.

Source: UNM’s Digital Repository (University of New Mexico)

Authors: Robert G. Varady, Margaret A. Moote, Robert Merideth

Institution: University of Arizona

Language: English

Topic: Water resources management and optimization

Subfield: Water Science and Technology

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Clean water and sanitation

Open Access status: green

Funders: University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Arizona, University of Oklahoma

OpenAlex ID: W2245305070

FWCI: 1.457

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Cited by: 10

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