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ADWR and CAP host “Shortage Briefing” on unstable condition at Lake Powell
ADWR and CAP Host Shortage Briefing on Unstable Conditions at Lake Powell
NEWS
The Shortage Briefing event was hosted by CAP General Manager Ted Cooke and ADWR Director Tom Buschatzke.
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ADWR News Article Archive

2019 vs 2020 Sierra Nevada Snowpack
The late-winter water report: drier weather makes an unwelcome return
Published: Thu, 02/27/2020
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.
Arizona Water Protection Fund New Website
All in the family: Water Protection Fund website upgraded
Published: Fri, 02/14/2020
The Water Protection Fund website upgraded
Ambersnail
AZ Game and Fish experts help rare Grand Canyon snail survive some rough waters
Published: Thu, 02/06/2020
The Kanab ambersnail, was disrupted suddenly in 1996 when high-volume water-flow events from Glen Canyon Dam began scouring the canyon.
Ken Slowinski
ADWR Chief Attorney to receive prestigious State Bar environmental award
Published: Fri, 01/24/2020
In December, the Bar’s environmental section honored Ken Slowinski, Chief Counsel of the Arizona Department of Water Resources, with its prestigious Michael J. Brophy Distinguished Service Award.
Hoover Dam Signing
2019 Year In Review: Signing Colorado River agreement top water story for AZ
Published: Thu, 01/16/2020
Water news in Arizona and the Southwest in 2019 certainly wasn’t limited entirely to the big signing of the Colorado River system-wide Drought Contingency Plan in May.
New Water Bank Website Design
New Water Bank website designed with the user in mind
Published: Fri, 12/13/2019
New Water Bank website designed with the user in mind
Catalina's and Tucson
Program Dedicated to Conserving AZ Groundwater Accepting Applications
Published: Thu, 12/05/2019
Funding opportunity for projects dedicated to Conserving Arizona groundwater now accepting applications
Drought Panel Recommendations on Drier Winter
Drought panel recommends continued drought declaration as experts foresee a drier winter
Published: Fri, 11/22/2019
ADWR Drought Recommendations for Winter
ADWR Pinal Model Run
ADWR posts Pinal Model run information
Published: Thu, 11/07/2019
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.
Arizona Forward Environmental Excellence Awards
Leaders of DCP effort take home AZ Forward “Governor’s Award” for environmental excellence
Published: Wed, 10/02/2019
In several respects, the big environmental winner this year in the Southwest has been in the realm of water
Morning Scoop panelists (from left to right): Representative David Cook, EPCOR Director Joe Gysel, City of Phoenix Water Director Kathryn Sorensen, Central Arizona Project General Manager Ted Cooke, and Arizona Department of Water Resources Director Tom B
The Next Big Thing: Arizona prepares for the next step in CO River management discussions
Published: Thu, 09/19/2019
So, it really was a news scoop. That was revealed in the morning. A regular… morning scoop.
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Breaking free: Arizona still has a long way to go to bust loose of drought, long term
Published: Fri, 06/21/2019
In the short-term, Arizona, California and virtually the entire Southwest are free of drought but long-term drought alleviation is a different animal
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Director envisions a “Great Crusade” ahead for CO River community in coming negotiations
Published: Thu, 06/13/2019
ADWR Director Buschatzke recently described the lessons that he said needed to be learned from the long, complicated Drought Contingency Plan negotiations
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That’s a cap! ADWR well-capping team acts fast to cover dangerous open wells
Published: Fri, 05/31/2019
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
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Arizona participates in historic agreement to protect the CO River system & Lake Mead
Published: Thu, 05/23/2019
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
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Inter-agency drought group recommends continuation of “drought declaration”
Published: Wed, 05/15/2019
This year? A tougher call. But, in the end, a single cold, wet winter does not make Arizona drought-free
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New “Open Data Portal” makes tapping into ADWR’s spatial datasets and web apps even easier
Published: Thu, 05/02/2019
ADWR releases a new Open Data Portal which is a more consumer-friendly means of retrieving the Department’s spatial datasets and web applications
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A former ADWR Director who lived life “full steam ahead” has passed away
Published: Thu, 05/02/2019
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
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Celebration! Is it so wrong to revel in good water news for a change?
Published: Fri, 04/19/2019
After enduring more than 19 years of lingering drought in the Southwest and its implications for the Colorado River system, we think not
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Congress zips into action, quickly approving long-sought CO River DCP Authorization Act
Published: Fri, 04/12/2019
In the end, it was the speed propelling the legislation through Congress that proved most stunning to observers
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