ADWR News Article Archive
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
Published: Wed, 09/05/2018
By Tom Buschatzke, Arizona Department of Water Resources Director, and Ted Cooke, Central Arizona Project General Manager
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
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
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
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
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
Published: Wed, 07/18/2018
Open-to-public meeting of new steering committee set for July 26 at CAP
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
Published: Wed, 06/27/2018
New ADWR land-subsidence maps depict southeastern regions of Arizona still the state leader
Published: Wed, 06/27/2018
Live-streamed event to feature multiple paths for submitting questions online, via text and in-person