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Upper San Pedro Partnership Wins Cooperative Conservation Award
Released: 04/21/2008
The Upper San Pedro Partnership was recognized with the Department of the Interior's Cooperative Conservation Award today. The prestigious award recognizes the partnership's effort to achieve a sustainable water supply and protect the riparian ecosystem along the San Pedro River. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) nominated the partnership for the award and is one of the 21 Federal, State, and local agencies and non-governmental organizations that form the Upper San Pedro Partnership. For the full list of partners and more information about the Upper San Pedro Partnership visit http://www.usppartnership.com/.
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USGS Makes New Information on Arizona’s Ground Water Available on the Web
Released: 01/30/2008
Where in Arizona are ground-water levels falling? Where are they stable or rising? How much has the water table changed since large-scale pumping has occurred? A new online system developed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is designed to answer these and other questions for the most developed ground-water areas in the State. The system uses water-level measurements from wells, collected over the past 75 years by USGS and the Arizona Department of Water Resources. Visit the new online system, called "Arizona
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Decreases in Salinity Noted in Southwestern Streams
Released: 09/24/2007
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) released a report today describing salinity levels in streams and ground water in parts of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. The report concludes that although salinity varies widely throughout the region, levels have generally decreased in many streams during the past two decades.
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Recharge in Washes near Sierra Vista is Estimated by the USGS
Released: 08/24/2005
A new U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) report estimates that 15 to 20 percent of average annual recharge to aquifers occurs along the normally dry (ephemeral-flow) washes in the Sierra Vista area.
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