ADWR News Article Archive

At its fall meeting on Tuesday, November 10, the panel concluded that Arizona’s decades-long drought is not about to relent its grip any time soon

Earlier this week, Arizona Department of Water Resources Director Tom Buschatzke delivered a videotaped shout-out to all the ADWR divisions that use GIS technology in presentations.

The jet stream position that is now ushering gales of hot, dry air right where it is needed least – into drought-wracked northern California – is not a particularly unusual feature at this time of year.

When the nation’s most ambitious state law designed to protect groundwater, resources came into being in 1980, a key element of that law was its series of “management plans.”

To appreciate how useful the “Arizona Water Blueprint” may be someday to Arizonans interested in their water supplies (in short, all of them), let’s consider the demise of the slide rule.

In many respects, the Arizona Water Blueprint – a data-rich, interactive map of Arizona’s water resources and infrastructure created by the Kyl Center for Water Policy at Arizona State University – could not have been rolled out at a better time.

Arizona is facing even tougher negotiations to assure the long-term sustainability of the Colorado River. Here's how we envision the process.

During the successful Drought Contingency Planning (DCP) process that kicked off for Arizona almost exactly two years ago, water issues dominated the headlines.

When it comes to finding worthwhile material for keeping the young ones occupied during these long weeks of sheltering in place, the need remains great even as the stack of interesting, educational options dwindles.