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Arizona RepublicMonday, 11 May 2026
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‘Basin sweeps’ help Arizonans
Well-level monitoring key to water planning
The paper focuses on the practical, scientific efforts to measure and manage groundwater resources in rural Arizona. It presents water conservation as a necessary, ongoing bureaucratic and scientific process rather than an immediate crisis.
Arizona has long faced critical groundwater depletion due to agricultural use and climate change. Regular scientific monitoring, known as 'basin sweeps', provides the data necessary for long-term state water management.
“Well-level monitoring key to water planning”
“Pragmatic on resource management”
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