Research Papers and Reports

Water Quality Research Papers and Reports

Esposito D. M. (1993).  Hydrogeochemistry of Stream Channel Recharge of Sewage Effluent, Northwest of Tucson, Arizona.  Ph.D. Thesis, University of Arizona.

Gebler J. B. (1998).  Water Quality of Selected Effluent-Dependent Stream Reaches in Southern Arizona as Indicated by Concentrations of Periphytic Chlorophyll a and Aquatic-Invertebrate Communities.  Water-Resources Investigations Report 98-4199. USGS.

Gebler J. B. (2000). Oraganochlorine Compounds in Streambed Sediment and in Biological Tissue from Streams and Their Relations to Land Use, Central Arizona.  Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4041. USGS.

Walker D., Goforth C., Rector S. (2005). An Exploration of Nutrient and Community Variables in Effluent Dependent Streams in Arizona.

Infiltration Research Papers and Reports

Research Papers

Case N. (2012).  Environmental Controls on Clogging in Effluent-Dominated Waterways.  Master Thesis, Arizona State University.

Lacher L. J. (1996).  Recharge Characteristics of An Effluent Dominated Stream near Tucson, Arizona.  Ph.D Thesis, University of Arizona.

Okubo T., Matsumoto J. (1983). Biological Clogging of Sand and Changes of Organic Constitutes during Artificial Recharge.  Water Resource, Vol.17, No.7, p. 813-821.

RFCD (2010). Lower Santa Cruz River Managed Recharge Project Annual Report.

Treese S. (2008).  Stream/Aquifer Interactions in a Semi-Arid Effluent Dependent River:  A Clogging Conceptual Model.  Master Thesis, University of Arizona.

Treese S., Mexner T., Hogan J. F. (2009). Clogging of an Effluent Dominated Semiarid River:  A Conceptual Model of Stream-Aquifer Interactions.  Journal of the American Water Resources Association. Vol. 45, No.4, 1047-1062.

U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation (2012). Enhanced Recharge Demonstration Project, Increasing Treated Effluent Recharge Rates in the Santa Cruz River, Tucson, Arizona.

Presentations

Constructed Recharge Project

Surface Water and Sediment Research Papers and Reports

Blasch K.Y., Ferre´ T.P.A., Christensen A.H., Hoffmann J.P. (2002).  New Field Method to Determine Streamflow Timing Using Electrical Resistance Sensors.  Vadose Zone Journal 1, p.289-299.

Meixner T., Shamir E., Duan J. (2009). Surface Flow, Sediment Transport and Water Quality Connections in the Lower Santa Cruz River, Arizona. Report Prepared for U.S. EPA Region IX.

Vegetation Research Papers and Reports

Swetnam T., Guertin D. P., Kimoto A., Canfield E. (2013). Riparian vegetation characterization of the Lower Santa Cruz River and Ciénega Creek through remotely sensed multi-sensor data fusion.

Bennett P. S., Kunzmann M. R., Graham L. A. Descriptions of Arizona Vegetation Represented on the Gap Vegetation Map.  Biological Resoruces Division, USGS.

Gormally J. F. (2002). Changes in Riparian Vegetation Following Release of Reclaimed Effluent Water into the Santa Cruz River: As a Corollary, the Effelcts of Channelization of Vegetation in the Santa Cruz River.  Master Thesis, University of Arizona.

Nagler P. L., Morino K., Didan K., Erker J., Osterberg J., Hultine K.R., Glenn E.P. (2009). Wide-area estimates of saltcedar (Tamarix spp.) evapotranspiration on the lower Colorado River measured by heat balance and remote sending methods.  Ecohydrology 2, p.18-33.

Tillman F. D., Callegary J. B., Nagler P. L., Glenn E. P. (2012). A simple method for estimating basin-scale groundwater discharge by vegetation in the basin and range province of Arizona using remote sensing information and geographic information systems.  Journal of Arid Environments 82, p.44-52.

USGS (1994). Standard National Vegetation Classification System.  USGS/NPS vegetation Mapping Program.

Macro Invertebrate Research Papers and Reports

ADEQ (2006). Biocriteria Program Quality Assurance Program Plan.

ADEQ (2006). Biocriteria Program Quality Assurance Program Plan, Appendix A.

ADEQ (2006). Biocriteria Program Quality Assurance Program Plan, Appendix B.

Boyle T. C., Fraleigh Jr. H.D. (2003). Natural and anthropogenic factors affecting the structure of the benthic macroinvertebrate community in an effluent-dominated reach of the Santa Cruz River, AZ.  Ecological Indicators 3. P.93-117.

Gebler J. B. (1998). Water Quality of Selected Effluent-Dependent Stream Reaches in Southern Arizona as Indicated by Concentrations of Periphytic Chlorophyll a and Aquatic-Invertebrate Communities. Water-Resources Investigations Report 98-4199. USGS.

Walker D., Goforth C., Rector S. (2005). An Exploration of Nutrient and Community Variables in Effluent Dependent Streams in Arizona.

Habitat Research Papers and Reports

Persinger, J.W., Orth, D.J., and Averett, A.W. (2010), Using Habitat Guilds to Develop Habitat Suitability Critiera for a Warmwater Stream Fish Assemblage.  River Research Applications 27, p. 956–966.

USGS (1997). Selected Habitat Suitability Index Model Evaluations.  Information and Technology Report USGS/BRD/ITR--1997-0005, January 1997.

Presentations to Technical Committee

A Living River to the Reviving River
Historical Condition Report of the Lower Santa Cruz River
ROMP and Water Quality Improvements

Other Resources

Marana High Plans Effluent Recharge Project

• PC DOT (2002). High Plains Effluent Recharge Project: Biological Monitoring.
• PC DOT (2004). High Plains Effluent Recharge Project: Biological Monitoring.
• PC DOT (2006). High Plains Effluent Recharge Project: Biological Monitoring

Tres Rios del Norte Feasibility Study