Action alert:
Joint City/County Water Study Meeting Friday, April 18. Click here for details.
Articles
Other Resources
- Tucson-area groups that meet on water issues
- Sustainable Water Management in the Arid West (PDF) - The Sonoran Institute’s recent report which also links sustainability to our current policies.
- The Pacific Institute - Water information documents, including:
- South African water expert Dr. Jackie King’s visit to Tucson in 2006 drew hundreds of Tucsonans. - Dr. King’s paradigm integrates values, science, and policies and provides a critical framework to examine Arizona’s water laws and policies: Two articles from local media:
- “Graywater Guidelines“ - Published by the Water Conservation Alliance of Southern Arizona, written by Val Little. (available in PDF on their website: www.watercasa.org)
- “Rainwater Harvesting for Landscape Use“ (PDF)- reference and guidebook, prepared by The Pima County Cooperative Extension Service and the Arizona Department of Water Resources, written by Patricia Waterfall and revised by Christina Bickelmann.
- Harvesting RainWater , or anything else by by Brad Lancaster. Brad, a super permaculturist, does everything and teaches everything about our local water resources.
- Roofwater Harvesting: A Handbook for Practitioners - This report by the International Water and Sanitation Centre (IRC) is a useful guide to rooftop water harvesting. It is intended for the developing world, but as a community that is transforming itself into a desert-adapted community, that is where we are, too.
