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- All Subjects: Groundwater--Monitoring
- All Subjects: Ajo (Ariz.)
- Creators: Pima County (Ariz.). County Administrator's Office
Provides an inventory of resources in Ajo and western Pima County and land use planning proposals so that the Planning and Zoning Commission and Board of Supervisors have the opportunity to add western Pima County to the Comprehensive Plan as part of the 2001 Plan Update.
The SDCP recognizes the important links between groundwater, streamflow, and vegetation that still exist along some streams and springs in Pima County. Unfortunately, depletion of aquifers has altered streamflow and associated groundwater-dependent vegetation along the Santa Cruz River and other streams. The main purpose of this report is to establish priorities for potential expansion of Pima County's existing aquifer monitoring for groundwater-dependent ecosystems.
Provides a review of eight monitoring efforts in southern Arizona to highlight their accomplishments and to critique their efficacy and overview of important attributes of a monitoring program. This review of projects and successful attributes will provide an assessment framework to better guide the development of the Pima County Ecological Monitoring Program.