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Arizona’s water situation is very different than in other states. The Groundwater Management Act was put in place in 1980 to help the state responsibly manage its water resources: Read about this most important piece of regulation here: bit.ly/49UUK86
The Arizona Drought Monitoring Technical Committee meets with authors of the USDM on a weekly basis to update statewide drought data. Data is compiled weekly, monthly, and quarterly to produce maps that reflect both short and long-term drought status.
Find where you fall on the map to learn what long-term drought category your community falls under. For quarterly and weekly maps, visit: bit.ly/3DO2tud
Here in Arizona, the long-term average annual precipitation is 12.26 inches. This average comes from a widely varying range within the state, with the wettest areas getting up to 18.8 inches a year and the driest getting as low as 4.6 inches a year. Regardless of whether the area is wet or dry, all of Arizona has experienced a decrease in precipitation since 1994.
1994 is widely recognized as the start of the current long-term drought. Since then, most of Arizona's watersheds have only had a total of 9-10 wet years and the state as a whole has experienced a decrease in annual precipitation of 0.92 inches per decade.
The same way that drought measurements differ depending on the region, impacts of drought are often unique to your area. Thanks to the National Drought Mitigation Center, reports of drought impacts across the nation have been compiled to provide a general overview of what drought looks like in each state. Here is Arizona's overview:
The impacts of drought can be far ranging. Depending on the intensity and duration of conditions, drought can: damage wildlife habitats and decrease biodiversity, erode soil, reduce crop yields and generate associated economic strains, increase the risk of wildfire, and generate water supply shortages.
There are 5 categories of drought ranging from least to most intense:
D0 - Abnormally Dry
D1 - Moderate Drought
D2 - Severe Drought
D3 - Extreme Drought
D4 - Exceptional Drought
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