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Friday, November 18, 2016 – Sunday, November 20, 2016 VOLUME 110 ISSUE 37

ARTS & LIFE | PAGE 11

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THE U.S. HAS LONG BEEN A MONOLINGUAL SOCIETY BUT UA PROFESSORS ARE WORKING TO CHANGE THAT

SPORTS | PAGE 16 MAU, ONCE A SOCCER PLAYER, TOOK THE UNCONVENTIONAL ROUTE TO ARIZONA

VICE CHAIR BILL RIDENOUR speaks at the UA Presidential Search Advisory Committee meeting Wednesday, Nov. 16, in the Student Union Memorial Center. Committee members discussed their expectations for the new UA president.

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Santa Cruz River could flow again

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Tucson Water has proposed moving the reclaimed water discharge sites in the Santa Cruz River further upstream closer by the downtown Tucson area through their Agua Dulce Santa Cruz River Heritage Project, with hopes of restoring flow to the river within two years. The move would allow Tucson Water to have more control,

both legally and physically, over the water, according to Tucson Water public information officer Fernando Molina. There are already existing pipes to discharge the water, which comes from Tucson Water’s unused portion of reclaimed water from Pima County’s wastewater treatment facilities, into the Santa Cruz River at 29th Street and at Ina Road. The proposal would move these discharge sites to Silverlake Road and to Cushing Street,

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Molina said. Around half of Tucson Water’s recycled water is used mostly for irrigation, but the other half is discharged into the river. Tucson Water has looked into how to use that water, initially considering purifying it for drinking water for the last couple years, according to Molina. He said that process can be very expensive, though, and there isn’t a need for the extra water at this time; moreover, if there

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is ever a need to use the water, Tucson Water can pump it out to be purified. Molina said there aren’t many new reclaimed water customers who would use the water now. “Historically, we thought we would see growth in the number of customers that were looking for this recycled water, but that’s not happening, and in fact it’s actually reducing over time,” Molina said. “We just had an opportunity to

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