Water Resources Education Assessment - Santa Cruz County Programs

Name of Program/Location/Point of Contact

Santa Cruz County Cooperative Extension
Dean Fish, County Director
2150 N. Congress Dr., #106
Nogales, AZ 85621
(520) 761?7849
e-mail: dfish@ag.arizona.edu

At this time there are no programs focusing on water resources education. County Director Dean Fish sees a definite need for programs that focus on Youth Development (K?8) and their understanding of water issues in Santa Cruz County. He sees a need for studies in the following areas:

• water quantity (currently the Friends of the Santa Cruz River monitors river flows),
• how to feed and water available cattle,
• how water tanks work and their value in water management,
• development of an International Waste Water Treatment Plant,
• water quality for residential and environmental uses, and
• water conservation and pollution.

Other ideas include:

• High school students taught to mentor their classmates and the community in Water Conservation and Natural Resource Preservation.
• A Low Water Use Demonstration Garden located at the County Complex.
• There are at least ten elementary schools, three middle schools and three high schools in Santa Cruz County that could benefit from a Youth Development Program.