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2020 Year in Review: Overcoming pandemic hurdles to continue serving the public
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2020 served up nothing but challenges, that is, save the grit, determination and sense of innovation that helped ADWR rise above those challenges
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ADWR News Article Archive

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2018 Drought Preparedness Annual Report makes for extremely dry reading
Published: Thu, 12/13/2018
The latest volume of the 2018 Arizona Drought Preparedness Annual Report illustrates what one would expect, it’s dry out there
Lake Havasu City, United States
Drought ICG recommends continuing ‘drought emergency declaration’ for Arizona
Published: Wed, 12/05/2018
The interagency coordinating group that analyzes Arizona’s drought status on behalf of the Governor had some good and some bad water news at its Nov.28 meeting
ADWR Story Map
New ADWR “Story Map” uses high-tech imagery to tell story of Willcox area land subsidence
Published: Thu, 11/08/2018
Researchers in the AZ Department of Water Resources’ Hydrology Division have developed one of the department’s most visually appealing presentations ever
River outlet tubes during a high flow release from the Glen Canyon Dam
On-going experiment in high-volume CO River releases from Glen Canyon Dam set
Published: Thu, 11/01/2018
Beginning November 5, the Department of Interior will begin a High-Flow Experiments (HFE) release of water out of Glen Canyon Dam
CC Craig
Protecting AZ’s surface water & maintaining healthy forests are, basically, the same thing
Published: Thu, 10/25/2018
For the people charged with maintaining the reservoir – now a vital source of water for the city of Payson – the handsome forests are not a pretty sight
AZDCP ADWR CAP
How Will AZDCP Fit Into the Colorado River Basin Drought Contingency Plan?
Published: Wed, 10/17/2018
While AZ water managers and stakeholders have been meeting to finalize DCP, plans have been underway to ensure the framework for the entire CO River Basin DCP
Basic Data Measuring
ADWR’s “Basic Data Unit” teams prepare for groundwater hydrology “sweeps” season
Published: Thu, 10/04/2018
It is high season once again for one of ADWR’s most important duties – collecting data on groundwater levels by the department’s Basic Data Unit
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Online, interactive program featuring STEM professionals taps Water Resources talent
Published: Thu, 09/27/2018
Professionals doing science-based work at ADWR contribute to an innovative video project dedicated to piquing the interest of young students in the sciences
Managers ASU
Adapting to drought: municipal water managers discuss strategies for drought preparation
Published: Fri, 09/21/2018
Top big-city water managers in the SW shared their views on best practices for delivering water to large urban populations in the midst of long-running drought
Nogales Sewage 2
Proposed plans in works to replace environmentally hazardous sewage system in Nogales
Published: Wed, 09/12/2018
ADEQ, among other agencies, is arguing that the time has come to abandon stop-gap, patchwork measures and replace the system altogether.
AZDCP Lake Mead
The DCP makes CO River delivery shortfalls less painful, but it doesn’t make them go away
Published: Wed, 09/05/2018
By Tom Buschatzke, Arizona Department of Water Resources Director, and Ted Cooke, Central Arizona Project General Manager
Nogales Sewage
Water-treatment plant co-owners plan public hearing on threats to Santa Cruz River
Published: Fri, 08/31/2018
As a part of the long-running effort to resolve the sewage issues, the co-owner of the area’s sewage-treatment facility has announced plans for a public meeting
Colorado River Marble Canyon
Not by much: Colorado River system to stay out of shortfall status through 2019
Published: Fri, 08/17/2018
As news reports have indicated, the BOR's “August 2018 24-Month Study” of the Colorado River system, tells at least two big water stories for the Southwest
Lake Powell Sunset
Projections on inflow into Lake Powell in the coming “water season”: they’ve looked better
Published: Fri, 08/10/2018
Colorado Basin River Forecast Center has released its August projections for unregulated runoff into Lake Powell for Water Year 2019, & the outlook isn’t pretty
SRP_Canal Multiple-Use
Valley cities find innovative ways to remake irrigation canals for multiple uses
Published: Tue, 07/31/2018
For generations, miles of irrigation canals lacing across the Valley served a single purpose of delivering water. Now they are beginning to do a different job
Drill Rig on a Arizona Western Roadway by Andrea Zittel
Groundwater flow model of Willcox Basin completed
Published: Wed, 07/25/2018
As a result of observations of groundwater level declines in the Willcox Basin, ADWR initiated development of a groundwater flow model which has been completed
Surface-water depletion in the Colorado River Basin has left this "bathtub ring" of mineral deposits on Lake Mead, but groundwater loss is invisible. (Photo: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation)
ADWR, CAP and Bureau of Reclamation respond to questions about Drought Contingency Plan
Published: Wed, 07/18/2018
Open-to-public meeting of new steering committee set for July 26 at CAP
DCP Briefing
Planning for second Drought Contingency Plan briefing underway
Published: Fri, 07/06/2018
The next step in the reinvigorated effort to bring a Drought Contingency Plan to a close is scheduled for Tuesday, July 10 and is co-hosted by ADWR and CAWCD
Fissures_Cook
The latest in land subsidence
Published: Wed, 06/27/2018
New ADWR land-subsidence maps depict southeastern regions of Arizona still the state leader
Colo R Invite
Drought-planning briefing to highlight public input
Published: Wed, 06/27/2018
Live-streamed event to feature multiple paths for submitting questions online, via text and in-person
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