We May Be The Grand Canyon State, But The Rocky Mountains Are Important For Arizona Print

Guests Steve Priebe & 'Water Use It Wisely's Donna DiFrancesco.  

Discussing the Tree Of The Month the Desert Ironwood.  Drought tolerant, low water use and properly draining soil.  Where you can see the State Championship Ironwood tree of Carefree Highway.

CALLER:  Has a tree near the pool that blooms and requires constant pool cleaning.  Suggestions on how to  keep it from blooming?

CALLER:  Before building a new home, owner interested in planting trees ahead of time that make a good wind break.  Suggestions?

Correct pruning before monsoon season.  Tips to avoid 'lion tailing' and tree skin from sunburn.

Palm fertilization and pruning tips for this time of year.  Palms can lose many nutrients without the right care.

Discussion of SavATree's Tree Climbing Contest in Snowflake, AZ.  Competition mixed with safety training.

Our favorite word about trees:  Psithurism

The windy conditions can dry trees out faster than usual.  We discussion deeply and frequently watering while allowing a drying period before the next watering.  Advantages of a soil probe.

Demostration Gardens and Arboritums are great places for landscape ideas.

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Laura Grignano, Manager Central Arizona Groundwater Replenishment District.  Vineetha Kartha, Colorado River Programs Manager.    Both explain their background. 

Balancing the influx of people moving into the state and ample water supply.  

Vineetha explains the deep dive in measuring allocations, usage and snowpack to forecast water availability.  Lake Powell and Mead play a key role.

Since a Tier 1 Shortage was declared in January, Tier 2 could happen sooner or next year.  Vineetha explains how this affects Arizona including water storage in Lake Mead.

What could a Tier 2 Shortage in 2023 mean for the Central Arizona Project canal, homeowners and agriculture.

What you can do to conserve water to help extend the water supply.  The 10% solution.

What could Tier 3 Shortage look like?

Laura Grignano, Manage Central Arizona Groundwater Replenishment District.

Discussion of groundwater pumping and storage.  Laura explains the division of the CAP.  The role they play in replenishing groundwater in Maricopa, Pinal and Pima Counties.  The geology is the key.

Arizona's population growth 5 times since the 40's and 50's.  Yet water use has stayed the same.  Laura explains how that happend.

Groundwater Replenishment in addition to other water sources is key to the water supply.

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Supporting the other water conservation websites like Water Use It Wisely.

One more thing an Arizona 'Newbie' should know!

Citizens Police Academy Alumni Of Glendale's Donna Duggins discusses an event Saturday at Sanderson Ford.  Etching catalytic converter to prevent theft.

CALLER:  Has a new home with an air conditioner that sounds like its still running when its completely shut off.

Time Of Use Plan changes coming to APS.  And they're good for a change!

Discussion of the Mask Shreading Party at the VU Bistro.

Sanderson Ford

CALLER:  Has a whole house water softner with two lines coming from the main house.  It sounds like its running all the time.  What could be the problem and what to do about it?

CALLER:  Trying to figure out where a sewer type odor is coming from inside the house.  Tried a couple of fixes to pinpoint where it could be.  

A few more things for  Arizona 'newbies' to consider as homeowners.

CALLER:  Has a shower that is adjacent to a bedroom closet.  The bedroom carpet and closet bottom was wet.  Didn't use the shower for a few days to see if it was a slab leak but it dried out.  Who to call to figure out where the leak is coming from.

CALLER:  Had a water test done that showed it was so hard, the softner system stopped working.  Found out the water under the kitchen sink bypasses the softner system while the rest of the house has soft water.  Is that common?