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Tapped AZPM
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4.8 • 15 Ratings
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This is Tapped, a podcast that explores the issues of water in the Southwest, from how we get it, to what it means for those who have it... or those who don't.
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Dry but Alive: Rethinking Golf's Green Lawns
Arizona has long been a hotspot for golfers looking to keep up their game as weather elsewhere turns cold. But, for just as long, the state has been working to limit water use by golf courses. How much of a part does golf play in Arizona's water issues?
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Taming the Colorado
The Colorado River is the most dammed waterway in the US, but what was it like before? We go back to the battle over Parker Canyon Dam and how it changed Arizona's rights to the river's water forever.
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Season 3 Trailer
Why do so many Saudi Arabian-owned farms grow alfalfa in Arizona? How bad is our current water crisis compared with historical droughts? The new season of AZPM's hit water podcast answers these questions and more. Join us on July 17 for all new episodes.
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Navigating murky waters: how laws and regulations can hinder tribal initiatives
In this Tapped episode, Katya Mendoza and Paola Rodriguez explore the history of the Havasupai people's fight to stop uranium mining near the Grand Canyon and why they worry about water contamination.
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A generational battle: How a tribe’s concern over mining contamination on ancestral homelands brought Biden to Arizona
For people who visit or call Grand Canyon National Park home, the water issues mainly come around moving water up to the rim where the homes, hotels, and other businesses sit. But, head downstream to one of the most remote tribal nations in America, and the water issues are very different. The Havasupai people's land sits in the canyon, surrounded on all sides by the park. They're not worried about pumping the water up. Their worries are about what trickles down. Upstream from them sits an area where uranium mining was once plentiful. And that atomic-age history is causing concerns about water quality.
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An unprecedented water line in an unprecedented place
In this Tapped episode, Danyelle Khmara delves into the Grand Canyon's water infrastructure challenges and the extraordinary Transcanyon Waterline upgrade, highlighting the complexities of delivering clean water in this iconic natural wonder.
Customer Reviews
Outstanding!
Provides detail on an important topic. Great reporting.
Lots more to cover
Nicely produced show, great interviews. Some big current issues missing; 1) water energy nexus - use of water by thermo-electric power plants, global warming emissions causing drought. Feedback loop 2) AMA up for ballot as prop 420 and 422 in Willcox and Douglas basins. ADWR dissalowing discussion of hydrology at their meeting, no meetings for Douglas residents who are predominantly Hispanic and pro water conservation 3) Riverview dairy attempted to create a water district to benefit their interested, got shut down by locals for conflict of interest concerns. 4) farm bureau against the AMA, putting out misinformation campaign, calling petitioners fraudulent, judge dismisses their case due to lack of evidence 5) Gila Indian reservation to build the first solar panel covered canal in the US to prevent evaporation and offset CO2 emissions 6) fights between California Arizona and Nevada over Colorado river
Highly relevant and interesting
It’s great to see AZPM addressing this important topic. The episodes are well researched and well presented.