ADWR News Article Archive

ADWR is committed to making data about Arizona’s water resources as accessible to the public as possible. And, for that matter, as quickly as possible. Water analysts outside the Department often need fresh information about, say, groundwater conditions in certain regions of Arizona quickly.

Once More With Feeling: State Drought Panel Recommends Emergency Declaration Continue

On April 15, the operators of the Colorado River system – the Bureau of Reclamation – made official what everyone familiar with the drought-stricken system has seen coming as the extraordinarily dry winter of 2020/21 has lingered on: That by the end of 2021, water levels at the system’s Lake Mead

For many years, the Arizona Department of Water Resources has been a “water conservation” partner in Arizona Water Awareness Month the annual outreach campaign to spread the word about the value of conserving the Southwest’s most precious natural resource, water.

In January, the National Integrated Drought Information System launched redesign of Drought.gov to better serve stakeholders, decision-makers, media and public

To keep Arizonans abreast of developments in state water law, ADWR will add a section to the Department’s website that chronicles legislative actions

The work of the Governor’s Water Augmentation, Innovation and Conservation Council has continued, like so many other organizations, via online on Dec. 1

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.