Pumpage And Ground Water Levels In Arizona In 1955

“Mann’s book is timely, and its central theme, the role of legal, political, and scientific institutions in the utilization of water in Arizona, is appropriate. It is appropriate, moreover, for the greater region of California and the Southwest, where exist similar problems. . . . The Politics of Water in Arizona ranks along with Richard Cooley’s prize winning Politics and Conservation: The Decline of the Alaska Salmon as an outstanding contribution of a political science to the field of conservation and resource utilization.”—California Historical Society Quarterly

"The purpose of this study was to update knowledge of the groundwater conditions in Paradise Valley. This was accomplished by (1) collecting and studying current basic data and comparing these data and previously collected data to determine changes in water levels and production rates of wells as related to development; (2) reconnaissance geologic mapping; and (3) analyzing the changes in the chemical quality of the water"--Pages 2-4.