"RATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT" Written 11-24-2023 By: Chuck Merritt Management needs to be rational if governments and governing agencies are to be taken seriously by the populations they are sworn to serve. The "Boogy man": There is NO Boogy Man. I can prove it! The Douglas AMA is a "Knee Jerk" reaction from ADWR in response to special interest groups that petitioned ADWR! Special interest groups have long been known for using Fear Mongering and Scare Tactics. In short, Governments are out of money and agencies need MORE money. Agencies need a Management plan. The Southwest is in a Drought. We could run out of Water. The Management plan... Make a PERMANENT AMA! No more commercial water wells - No wasteful irrigation. "More management" and more enforcement. In the process, cut off the Future of Ranching and Farming. Pay for it with OPM! 2023 ADWR BUDGET REQUEST & STRATEGIC PLAN https://www.azwater.gov/sites/default/files/2022-08/FY%202023%20ADWR%20Budget%20Request%20-%20PDF.pdf In reality, ALL of the WATER goes somewhere! Irrigation is like rain - it moves down and seeps into the ground. Some of it might evaporate but it's still there. Rain that evaporates rises into the atmosphere and continues the hydrologic cycle. If it is transvaporated - it grows new plant life and it's still there! Rain makes plants grow! ================================== You don't need a college degree... ================================== Are YOU smarter than a 5th grader?!!? Do the math... ====================== Given our rainfall is: ====================== 0.75 Jan 0.71 0.52 0.30 0.28 0.46 Jun 3.27 3.25 1.66 0.93 0.71 1.07 Dec ----- 13.91 inches ================================== The DEPOSIT per square mile: ================================== Given: 1 acre ft = 326,000 gallons. Given: One section (one square mile) = 640 acres. Calc: 12" of rain = 326,000 x 640 = 208,640,000 gallons. Calc: 640 acres. x 3" of rain/12" = 160 acre feet. Calc: 160 acre feet x 326,000 = 52,160,000 gallons. Each section (one square mile) of land receives 52 million gallons! In the Douglas AMA there are 3006 wells and 949 square miles. There are 3.2 wells per square mile in the AMA. Rainfall deposits 16 million gallons of water per year for each well!