SYSTEMS FOR RAINFALL AND RUNOFF USE,TUCSON, ARIZONA1 |
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| Authors: | K James DeCook Kennith E Foster |
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| Institution: | Hydrologist and Director, Office of Arid Lands Studies, College of Agriculture, University of Arizona, 845 N. Park Avenue, Tucson, Arizona 85719. |
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| Abstract: | Rainfall and runoff in the Tucson, Arizona, urban area can be used to augment residential and municipal water supplies. Residential rainfall-harvesting systems include a catchment surface, collection and concentration components, separation and treatment units, storage capacity and distribution capability. A system to control runoff can divert water from urban washes for use in parks or other landscaped areas or can be used to enhance recharge to groundwater reservoirs. A reduction in flood hazards or peaks is a concurrent benefit of controlling and diverting runoff. |
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| Keywords: | rainfall harvesting runoff Arizona landscape irrigation residential water use |
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