2008 Update to
Water Plan: 2000-2050
This is the first update to Water Plan: 2000-2050 since it was issued in 2004. The substantive issues and challenges to ensuring a secure water future for our community remain largely the same and are discussed at length in the original Water Plan: 2000-2050. However, the planning timeframes within which to address these challenges have changed and are discussed in this Update. This Update also accounts for revised population projections that have since been developed, an increase in the City's Central Arizona Project allocation, and changed planning assumptions and priorities which have evolved in the last three years.
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2008 Update
to Water Plan: 2000-2050
Table of Contents
- Executive Summary (12 pages; 384 Kb)
- Table of Contents (2 pages; 21 Kb)
- Section One: Introduction (4 pages; 47 Kb)
- Section Two: Projections of Population (4 pages; 900 Kb)
- Long-Range Planning Area Revisited
- Population Counts and Projections
- Section Three: Projected Water Demand (10 pages; 346 Kb)
- Per Capita Water Usage Rates
- Projections of Total Water Demand
- Managing Demand
- Section Four: Available Water Resources (10 pages; 163 Kb)
- Ground Water
- Effluent
- Colorado River Water
- Assured Water Supply Program
- Section Five: Water Delivery Systems (4 pages; 285 Kb)
- Existing Potable Systems
- Existing Reclaimed Water System
- Identifying Potable and Reclaimed System Needs
- Section Six: Utilizing Resources to Meet Demand (12 pages; 281 Kb)
- Common Elements
- Decision Points
- Projected Demand and Resources
- What Lies Ahead
- Section Seven: Conclusions (4 pages; 58 Kb)
- Updated Recommendations
- More on Regional Cooperation
- Reassessing the Future
- References (4 pages; 52 Kb)
- List of Tables (see corresponding Section for file size)
- 4-1. Local Effluent Entitlements in 2006
- List of Figures (see corresponding Section for file size)
- 2-1. Tucson Water's Long-Range Planning Boundary, Current Service Area, and Obligated Areas Currently Not Served
- 2-2. Tucson Water's Long-Range Planning Boundary and Potential Projected Service Area
- 2-3. Population Projections for Tucson Water's Obligated Area and its Potential Service Area
- 3-1. The Four Demand Scenarios and Associated Planning Assumptions
- 3-2. Projected Demand Scenarios: 2000-2050
- 4-1. Aerial View of CAVSARP Taken January 2008
- 5-1. Tucson Water’s Well Fields in 2006
- 5-2. Tucson Water’s Potable Distribution System in 2006
- 5-3. Tucson Water’s Reclaimed Distribution Pipeline System in 2006
- 6-1. Scenario A, Projected Demand and Water Resource Utilization: 2000-2050
- 6-2. Scenarios B & C, Projected Demand and Water Resource Utilization: 2000-2050
- 6-3. Scenario D, Projected Demand and Water Resource Utilization: 2000-2050
- 6-4. Demand-Resource Scenario Summary
- Appendices
- A. Conservation Measures Recommended by the Community Conservation Task Force (2 pages; 73 Kb)
- B. City of Tucson Water Department Drought Preparedness and Response Plan
(4 pages; 50 Kb) - C. Effluent Generation Projection Memorandum (6 pages; 629 Kb)
- D. A Primer on the Colorado River and the Potential for Shortage (8 pages; 113 Kb)
- E. Engaging the Community (3 pages; 39 Kb)
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