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As record-breaking drought conditions continue year after year in Arizona, the state needs to act now to fully protect its limited water resources. While current dialogue focuses on issues of water quantity in Arizona, with limited quantity of water resources…

As record-breaking drought conditions continue year after year in Arizona, the state needs to act now to fully protect its limited water resources. While current dialogue focuses on issues of water quantity in Arizona, with limited quantity of water resources water quality becomes even more important. Farmers are a major user of water, and there remains a lot of room for improvement in agricultural water usage. This report researched existing water quality programs and voluntary state agricultural water quality initiatives both in Arizona and throughout the United States to propose policy and program recommendations for agricultural water management in Arizona.
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    • State Agricultural Water Quality Programs: Recommendations for Arizona
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  • Introduction -- Research Methods -- Literature Review -- US Agricultural Water Regulation: Federal vs. State Responsibilities -- Water Coalition Building -- Agricultural Water: Relationship of Quantity and Quality Issues -- Economics and Environmental Markets: Lessons from Water-Quality Trading -- Incentives for Water Quality in Agriculture -- Results – State Plan Case Studies -- Arizona -- Minnesota -- Colorado -- Kansas -- Michigan -- Missouri -- Nebraska -- New Mexico -- Vermont -- Discussion and Recommendations -- Coded Responses from Interviews -- Improve Agricultural Water Quality -- Reinvent Current Structures, Systems, and Ways of Thinking -- Ending Unsustainable Farming -- Conclusion -- Summary of Findings -- Concluding Thoughts -- Further Research Needed -- References -- Appendix -- Appendix 1: Interview Questions -- Appendix 2: Glossary of Abbreviations and Acronyms -- About the Authors

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    Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems. State Agricultural Water Quality Programs: Recommendations for Arizona. September, 2022. (Swette Center, 2022)

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    Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems, Arizona State University September 2022 This publication is a Capstone Report by the Graduate Certificate in Food Policy and Sustainability Leadership class of 2021-2022.

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