High Country News http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 7. The BLM fights for the Southwest’s last free-flowing river http://www.hcn.org/issues/45.3/the-blm-fights-for-the-southwest2019s-last-free-flowing-river A federal agency asserts its water rights to the San Pedro river in a case that might eventually lead to limits on growth in Arizona. No publisher Tony Davis Sierra Vista Tribute project aquifer pumping water rights San Pedro River Bureau of Land Management groundwater pumping Cochise County aquifers groundwater 2013-02-28T22:38:27Z News Article It takes a district: Utah landowners control groundwater use http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.8/it-takes-a-district In southern Utah's Escalante Valley, local landowners will form a water district to save their declining aquifer. No publisher Jamie Hansen irrigation Utah state engineer Jerry Olds water use water rights Escalante Valley Water Users association drought aquifers 2010-05-12T15:33:59Z News Article Factory wants to squeeze cheese underground http://www.hcn.org/issues/301/15618 The Hilmar Cheese Company near Modesto, Calif., wants to dig a deep well to dispose of its salty, milky wastewater No publisher Tony Barboza Pollution Modesto California Central Valley Regional Water Quality Board Hilmar Cheese Company cheese factories cheese waste wastewater water pollution water quality wells aquifers Chuck Ahlen California Food and Agriculture Jo Anne Kipps Environmenta 2010-02-05T09:25:27Z News Article The best thing since dams: pouring water underground http://www.hcn.org/issues/295/15419 In Common Waters, Diverging Streams William Blomquist, Edella Schlager, and Tanya Heikkila argue on behalf of "conjunctive management" – coordinating the use of surface water with underground aquifers No publisher Matt Jenkins William Blomquist Edella Schlager Tanya Heikkila conjunctive management water conservation surface water aquifers water storage stream flows groundwater 2010-02-05T09:24:15Z News Article The Battle for the Verde http://www.hcn.org/issues/346/17001 The Verde River is one of Arizona’s last free-flowing stream, but environmental and local activists fear an ambitious planned pipeline, designed to bring groundwater to the growing Prescott area, will end up sucking the river dry No publisher Tony Davis development Prescott Valley Verde River population increase wildlife habitat M Big Chino sub-basin birdwatchers water supply Water Arizona growth Land use and planning Clarkdale Prescott pipeline drought groundwater pumping Doug Von Gausig aquifers proposed Prescott 2010-08-06T20:12:55Z News Article Death of the San Pedro: Not if, but when http://www.hcn.org/issues/281/14963 Groundwater pumping in the Sierra Vista area may be already reducing water flow to the San Pedro River No publisher Tony Davis Sierra Vista Arizona hydrology groundwater Don Pool U.S. Geological Survey pumping Rivers Water Resources U.S. Army Corps of ecology San Pedro River dro Julie Stromberg Arizona Department of aquifers Engineers Mark Anderson irrigated agriculture 2012-04-25T17:58:28Z News Article A Thirst for Growth http://www.hcn.org/issues/281/14953 In Sierra Vista, Ariz., a partnership of developers, environmentalists and government agencies is trying to keep the San Pedro River alive, while at the same time allowing for continued growth in this burgeoning Sunbelt city No publisher Tony Davis Sierra Vista Upper San Pedro Partnership sewage treatment recharge plants water conservation Partnership Land Use And Center for Biological Diversity western water use Planning Advisory Committee San Pedro River Communities sustainable yield Rivers Fort H aquifers groundwater pumping 2012-04-25T18:01:48Z News Article