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- All Subjects: Pima County (Ariz.)
- Creators: Tellman, Barbara
- Creators: Nelson, James H.
- Creators: Pima County (Ariz.). County Administration Office
- Status: Published
This plan has been prepared in recognition of area flooding problems induced by urbanization within this unusually flat portion of the Tucson basin.
Builds upon the "Biological Stress Assessment" through the identification of threats and stressors to watercourses within Pima County. It provides background on technical and water policy matters, describes potential and existing impacts to watercourses within Pima County, suggests options for reducing stressors, and outlines a number of issues for discussion withing each watershed planning unit.
Describes a number of streams within watershed planning units and prioritizing these streams according to their existing contribution to the overall conservation of biological diversity in Pima County. Over 50 percent of the priority streams within the County are found within the Altar Valley and the Cienega Rincon area.
The purpose of this report is to summarize information relevant to water aspects of the SDCP and the Pima County Comprehensive Plan. It deals with water supply and human water demand, and water supplies and needs for riparian and wetland habitat.