ADWR News Article Archive
Published: March 27, 2020
On a mission to reassure Arizonans that their tap water is secure in these unsettled times, a group of agencies including ADWR and the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality has released an informational statement observing that “Arizona’s water supplies remain safe and resilient."
Published: March 20, 2020
ADWR Continuing Operations
Published: March 10, 2020
Published: February 27, 2020
Last fall, the NWS began noticing a pattern emerging in its modelling of the approaching winter in the Southwest. It wasn’t exactly a happy pattern.
Published: February 14, 2020
The Water Protection Fund website upgraded
Published: February 6, 2020
Published: January 24, 2020
Published: January 16, 2020
Published: December 13, 2019
New Water Bank website designed with the user in mind
Published: December 5, 2019
Funding opportunity for projects dedicated to Conserving Arizona groundwater now accepting applications
Published: November 22, 2019
ADWR Drought Recommendations for Winter
Published: November 7, 2019
ADWR hydrologists on November 1 presented a detailed outline of Department's updated model run for the Pinal Active Management Area numeric groundwater flow model.
Published: October 2, 2019
In several respects, the big environmental winner this year in the Southwest has been in the realm of water
Published: September 19, 2019
So, it really was a news scoop. That was revealed in the morning. A regular… morning scoop.
Published: June 21, 2019
In the short-term, Arizona, California and virtually the entire Southwest are free of drought but long-term drought alleviation is a different animal
Published: June 13, 2019
ADWR Director Buschatzke recently described the lessons that he said needed to be learned from the long, complicated Drought Contingency Plan negotiations
Published: May 31, 2019
The Arizona Department of Water Resources is taking action now to lessen the risks to the public of open wells. And it is acting fast
Published: May 23, 2019
Nearly six years in the making, the system-wide CO River Drought Contingency Plan to protect the integrity of the drought-stricken river system is in effect
Published: May 15, 2019
This year? A tougher call. But, in the end, a single cold, wet winter does not make Arizona drought-free
Published: May 2, 2019
Former Arizona Department of Water Resources Director and prominent water-rights attorney Elizabeth “Betsy” Rieke passed away on March 28 at her home in Seattle