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Rodney B. “Rod” Lewis, one of the nation’s great champions of tribal water rights, passed away on Tuesday at the age of 77
ADWR News Article Archive
Published: April 12, 2018
Rodney B. “Rod” Lewis, one of the nation’s great champions of tribal water rights, passed away on Tuesday at the age of 77
Published: April 6, 2018
Not without good reason, the nation’s media have been focusing on the dramatically thin snowpack of the Upper Colorado River Basin
Published: March 30, 2018
ADWR staff help kick off Arizona’s Water Awareness Month 2018 activities
Published: March 23, 2018
Director Buschatzke details concerns over CAWCD’s claim to “sovereign immunity”
Published: March 16, 2018
Community Water Systems app uses GIS tech to help consumers find their water providers
Published: March 9, 2018
The operative letter remains “D”… for “Dismal”
Published: February 23, 2018
Website “book” published by Governor’s Office illustrates history, challenges and presents proposed solutions
Published: February 15, 2018
ASU’s Decision Center for a Desert City to host discussion of traveling exhibition
Published: February 9, 2018
A Q&A with the ADWR Director about potential consequences of an historically low snowpack in the Rockies
Published: February 1, 2018
Department hydrologists will spend weeks measuring well depths for hydrologic conditions
Published: January 25, 2018
Water Resources is a proud Regional Campaign Steering Committee partner in the campaign
Published: January 19, 2018
Experts comparing current “Strong Hudson Bay Low” system to 1977… a year of near-record low Colorado River water flow into Lake Powell
Published: January 12, 2018
Water Resources director briefs Arizona lawmakers on prospects for large-scale desalination, Arizona’s water challenges and opportunities
Published: December 21, 2017
Documentary producers Kathleen Ferris and Michael Schiffer talk with Arizona Water News about their experiences at memorializing on film Arizona water history
Published: December 6, 2017
Director Buschatzke testifies before Senate Indian Affairs Committee on Hualapai Tribe’s Colorado River water-rights settlement
Published: November 30, 2017
Sister agency to Water Resources develops handy, user-friendly app for “citizen scientists” to provide water-quality data
Published: November 22, 2017
U.S. Senate confirmed Brenda Burman as the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner. She is the first woman to ever lead the Bureau
Published: November 16, 2017
State panel recommends governor extend drought yet another year
Published: November 9, 2017
Fully 86% of State farms are family owned and operated
Published: November 1, 2017
One of the last pieces of legislation sponsored by Sen. Jeff Flake prior to his announcement of not seeking re-election in 2018 was, predictably, about water