Groundwater -- Pollution

Groundwater Pollution Package (Taylor); Technology for Special Needs II (Britton); Sun Sounds Package (Shelton); Rabies Package (Cavanary). Segments on groundwater pollution, resources for the blind, and rabies.

Pre-recorded Friday Edition. Panelists discuss groundwater pollution, pensions, and the treatment of heart disease. Panelists include Max Jennings, Executive Editor, Mesa Tribune; Anthony Sommer, Statehouse Reporter, Phoenix Gazette; Jana Bommersbach, Associate Editor, New Times.

Segments on politician's salaries, geological formations resulting from and pollution occurring in the Colorado River's watershed, and ASU's football team.

Pre-recorded Friday Edition. Panelists discuss issues relating to water infrastructure projects, groundwater contamination, and water quality control. Panelists include Howard Fischer, Phoenix Bureau Chief, Arizona Daily Star; Jana Bommersbach, Associate Editor, New Times; Jack Lavelle, Legislative Reporter, Phoenix Gazette.

Nick Sciarro In-Studio Interview (Grant); Carl Sagan II Package (D'Alli); December Water Report Package (Taylor). Segments on Space Probe 8 (comments by Carl Sagan, and Halley's Comet), an assessment of the impact of contaminated groundwater on the surrounding environment, food donation opportunities, and the improper disposal of hazardous materials leading to a demand for new landfill regulations.

Babbitt State of the State Address; Stan Turley and James Sossaman In-Studio Interview (Corso); Planetary Geology Package (Taylor). Segments on an update on the Arizona Legislature's 1986 regular session, Governor Bruce Babbitt's State of the State address (topics including groundwater quality and contamination, forms of social support for children, and teachers' wages), and planetary geology.

Rep. Chris Herstam In-Studio Interview (Grant); January Water Report Package (Taylor); Clyde Tombaugh II Package (D'Alli). Segments on municipality annexations, the monthly water report (the quality of Arizona's water supply and groundwater contamination), and Space Probe 8 (the discovery of Pluto by Clyde Tombaugh). There is a pre-show take for the first 1:15; the title card is then shown and the episode continues normally.

Pre-recorded Friday Edition. Panelists discuss local political campaigns, Governor Bruce Babbitt's State of the State address, and an ongoing land swap dispute.

Tony Mason In-Studio Interview (Grant); Space Artists Package (Britton); February Water Report Package (Taylor). Segments on a new candidate for the 1986 Arizona gubernatorial race, and Space Probe 8 (space-based art), and the quality and quantity of reservoir water.

David Pearson Remote Interview (Grant); Planetariums Package (D'Alli); March Water Report Package (Taylor). Segments on Arizona's literacy rates and teaching literacy, Space Probe 8 (the Grace H. Flandrau Planetarium at Griffith Observatory), and the monthly water report.