2022-06-07 Water conservation — it’s time to ask questions
Description
Picture going to the local football field and looking up at a column of water three and a half miles high. That column contains 5 billion gallons, and is the volume of water our aquifer is losing each year, according to the Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR). This loss, or overdraft, results when more water is pumped from the aquifer than is replenished by precipitation and artificial recharge.