Research Aims to Appraise Value of Changes to a Binational Ecosystem’s River in Arizona
From the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS):
“The Santa Cruz River watershed, located on the Arizona-Sonora portion of the U.S.-Mexico border, depends for its perennial flow on an international treatment plant that treats wastewater on both sides of the border before discharging it into the river in Arizona. This treated wastewater has great value for nearby wildlife and ecosystem managers, property owners and communities. Now, USGS science has helped to quantify this value for the benefit of binational water policy makers and other stakeholders. …
“The research is published in an article, ‘Framing Scenarios of Binational Water Policy with a Tool to Visualize, Quantify and Valuate Changes in Ecosystem Services,’ by Laura M. Norman et al., in Water magazine.”
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