Arizona Water Resource Vol. 10 No. 2 (September-October 2001)

Early in the Governor's Water Management Commission's review of the Arizona Groundwater Management Act it was noted that the "bucket had holes in it." This was the metaphor of choice adopted by participants who believed that various legal exemptions in the GMA allowed unrestricted groundwater pumping. They said such exempted pumping undermined the GMA goals of the Active Management Areas, particularly safe yield in the Phoenix, Tucson and Prescott AMAs.This item is part of the Water Resources Research Center collection. For more information, please contact the Center, (520) 621-9591 or see http://wrrc.arizona.edu