Water Issues of Tucson, Arizona - Assignment Example

It is reported that the level of underground water is decreasing: in 2009 it made 91 meters, while the index of the year 2011 is frightening: 115 meters deep. (Song, 2010).   

 The city of Tucson, though, tries to manage its water demand and provide water to its citizens by means of three major water sources: Colorado River water intended to be delivered to the city under CAP – Central Arizona Project, groundwater and, finally, recycling of the water. (Central Arizona Project, 2011; Song, 2010). The latter technology is a newly-developed one and is applied by means of putting the water back underground for its use in the future. There is also a technique unique to Tucson: in the western part of the city, there are big water basins serving as a water supply reservoir. (Song, 2010).  

The second role belongs to the underground waters because their level decreases year by year, and they should be used responsibly. The third role, which may become the first within the next years, plays the recycling technology because it is a new approach and needs deeper research and development of skills to maximize profits of its use.