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2014-08-03 The History of SRP’s Claims on the Verde River and Current Legal Issues

Three part article written by Steve Ayers and published in the Verde Independent in 2003. Excellent summary. 5 pages. View Document.

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Big Chino Valley is the source of the Verde River

An early report by an SRP hydrology consultant describing the Big Chino Valley as the groundwater source for the upper Verde.  View Document.

COP-PV-SRP Agreement in Principle, 2010

The agreement in principle is a legally non-binding agreement replacing litigation with cooperation. View Document.

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COP-PV-SRP Comprehensive Agreement 1, 2012

The City of Prescott, the Town of Prescott Valley, and the Salt River Project have ratified this agreement to better understand the relationship between Big Chino Valley groundwater and the Verde River. The parties will collect additional data and construct a more detailed groundwater model of the area. 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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How Pumping the Big Chino Affects the Flow in the Verde River

Ground water pumping in the Big Chino Valley reduces the base flow of the Verde River by intercepting and consuming ground water that would otherwise discharge from springs in the Verde River Canyon. Historical and current data support this idea. Several ADWR, USGS, USBR and private consultants' investigations have all pointed to the hydrologic connection between the ground water flowing through the Big Chino Valley Aquifer and the base flow of the Verde River. Increased pumping in the Big Chino Valley will further deplete the flow of the Verde River, will potentially harm critical habitat for endangered species, and will injure downstream water rights. Document prepared by SRP. View Document.

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SRP Groundwater Flow Model for the Big Chino Valley

SRP consultants prepared a Big Chino groundwater flow model showing that groundwater pumping in the Big Chino would substantially diminish the Verde River. View Document.

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Verde Watershed Issues

SRP presentation from September 2008 covering water rights issues in the Verde Valley. 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