Since late June 2019, Tucson Water has been recharging treated wastewater into the dry channel of the Santa Cruz River, creating a riparian oasis.
The City of Tucson just bought 21,000 acre-feet of groundwater storage credits from the Bureau of Reclamation.
In June, the City placed a bid with the federal agency which was selling 30,000 acre-feet of stored treated wastewater from an aquifer recharge project along the Santa Cruz River…