Recommended Information to Review Prior to September 17, 2008
City/County Water and Wastewater Study Oversight Committee Meeting

The Nature Conservancy Science Website in Arizona:
http://www.azconservation.org/

Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan Reports:
Preliminary Riparian Protection, Management, and Restoration Element. This report describes the status of riparian resources in Pima County, threats, current management and existing gaps in protecting resources. Riparian goals for protection and restoration, and revegetation are presented.

Printable PDF: Preliminary Riparian Protection_Mngmt_Restoration Element

Water Resources in Pima County. This report summarizes how water supplies, water infrastructure, and water needs for the environment vary across the County’s landscape based on studies that were done for the Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan (SDCP).

Printable PDF: Water Resources in Pima County

Riparian Priorities. This report establishes acquisition priorities for the MSCP.

Printable PDF: Riparian Priorities-Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan 2002

Aquifer Monitoring. A primer on the relationship between aquifers and groundwater-dependent ecosystems. This report also summarizes current knowledge about hydrogeology of basins in Pima County as it relates to riparian protection.

Printable PDF: Aquifer Monitoring for Groundwater-Dependent Ecosystems_PimaCo_AZ

Biological Goals for the Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan

Printable PDF:  Biological Goals for the Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan

Printable PDF: Effluent for Riparian and Aquatic Ecosystems

Printable PDF: Rivers and Water Management in the Southwest