Coconino Plateau Watershed Partnership

THE COCONINO PLATEAU WATERSHED PARTNERSHIP IN NORTHERN ARIZONA IS AN ENGAGED GROUP OF DIVERSE PARTICIPANTS REPRESENTING COCONINO COUNTY, GRAND CANYON AND OTHER NATIONAL PARKS, RANCHERS, NAVAJO, HAVASUPAI, WATER PROVIDERS, LANDOWNERS, COCONINO NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION DISTRICT, SIERRA CLUB, COCONINO COUNTY AND THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF, LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL AGENCIES, NEIGHBORING WATERSHED PARTNERSHIPS, AND COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COCONINO PLATEAU. IN THIS AREA, ACCESS TO THE REGIONAL WATER SUPPLIES OF THE COCONINO AND REDWALL MUAV AQUIFERS VARIES GREATLY AMONG COMMUNITIES. AREAS WITHIN THE COCONINO PLATEAU ARE POPULAR RECREATION AND TOURIST DESTINATIONS. AS GROUNDWATER LEVELS DECLINE, THE PARTNERSHIP REMAINS CONCERNED AND FOCUSED ON EFFORTS TO COOPERATIVELY MANAGE AND PROTECT THE AQUIFERS FROM OVER PUMPING BY LARGER USERS OR AS A RESULT OF GROWTH DUE TO THE POPULARITY OF THE FLAGSTAFF AREA. OVERALL, THE OBJECTIVES OF THE PARTNERSHIP S PROJECT WORK INCLUDE SUSTAINABLE WATER USE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF DOMESTIC USES IN RURAL AND TRIBAL AREAS THOUGHTFUL GROWTH FOR LARGER COMMUNITIES ACKNOWLEDGING THE CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE OF WATER SOURCES AND MAINTAINING THE ENVIRONMENTAL FLOW NEEDS OF STREAMS AND SPRINGS. THE FOLLOWING PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES SUPPORT THESE OBJECTIVES COMPILATION OF COCONINO PLATEAU WATER DEMAND DATA, COMPLETION OF GROUNDWATER MODELING SIMULATIONS FOR SUSTAINABILITY, DEVELOPMENT OF AN ECOSYSTEM SERVICES DATA DASHBOARD, CONDUCTING INFORMATIVE PUBLIC OUTREACH, AND UPDATING A WATER ETHICS PROGRAM. EACH PROJECT AND ACTIVITY WILL TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE IMPACTS OF PROLONGED SEVERE AND EXTREME DROUGHT CONDITIONS ON THE COCONINO PLATEAU.

GROWTH OF THE COCONINO PLATEAU WATERSHED PARTNERSHIP