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2014-07-29 Water 101-108: Understanding Yavapai County Water Issues

A series of eight short articles explaining the background of the area water problems. Written by Steve Ayers for publication in the Verde Independent. 15 pages, easy to read. View Document.

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Citizens Suggest Rainwater Harvesting

Article from Prescott Courier reporting on a September, 2012 meeting with the Groundwater Users Advisory Council. View Document.

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Courier Editorial: “Let the pipeline go”

Courier editorial advocating abandonment of the Big Chino Water Ranch pipeline. View Document.

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Hearing Things: The Rumble of the 900-lb SRP Gorilla in Administrative Hearings on Prescott's Pipeline

Entertaining analysis of the 2009 hearings on Prescott's application for a permit to pump the Big Chino. View Document.

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Northpoint High School Verde Project

When ninth- grade students at the Northpoint Expeditionary Learning Academy in Prescott study the Verde River, they really study the Verde River.
They not only spend an entire semester on a single subject in a wide variety of classes, but they also integrate that subject into real-world examples in their hometown.
CWAG facilitated the Northpoint Verde project with classroom presentations and field trips. View Document.

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West must strive for water sustainability

OpEd from the Arizona Republic by Robert Glennon and Peter Culp. View Document.

DAILY DROPLET

  • "Ranchers need clean water for their stock, farmers need it for their crops, every employer needs it to stay in business, and every living thing needs it for life... The law needs to be clear to protect water quality and the rights of landowners."
    Mark Udall

  • "Water is the driver of Nature."
    Leonardo da Vinci

  • "When the well is dry, we know the worth of water."
    Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard’s Almanac, 1746

  • "...and since flow of information is to spirit what water is to life, we'd best think about how to keep the pipes free and unclogged."
    Raphie Frank

  • "In an age when man has forgotten his origins and is blind even to his most essential needs for survival, water along with other resources has become the victim of his indifference."
    Rachel Carson

  • "We forget that the water cycle and the life cycle are one."
    Jacques Yves Cousteau

  • "Water is life's matter and matrix, mother and medium. There is no life without water."
    Albert Szent-Gyorgyi, 1937 Nobel Prize for Medicine

  • "Water is everywhere and in all living things; we cannot be separated from water. No water, no life. Period..."
    Robert Fulghum

  • "It's the water. Everything is driven by the water."
    Mike Thompson

  • "Whiskey is for drinking; water is for fighting over."
    Mark Twain