ADWR News Article Archive
Published: Fri, 04/17/2020
When 40 million people and some of the most fruitful croplands in the world rely heavily on a single source of water, it seems only natural to want to know as much as possible about the source.
Published: Thu, 04/09/2020
A public celebration of Arizona’s water professionals scheduled for April 13 at the State Capitol has been cancelled, just as nearly every other public gathering nationwide has been cancelled this spring, a result of efforts to stem the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic.
Published: Thu, 04/02/2020
Let’s face it: Arizona Water Awareness Month – which is now – is not exactly an attention-getter this year.
Published: Fri, 03/27/2020
On a mission to reassure Arizonans that their tap water is secure in these unsettled times, a group of agencies including ADWR and the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality has released an informational statement observing that “Arizona’s water supplies remain safe and resilient."
Published: Fri, 03/20/2020
ADWR Continuing Operations
Published: Tue, 03/10/2020
In this data-heavy “Age of Information” in which we live, agencies like the Arizona Department of Water Resources constantly struggle with how to make information we collect more easily available to the public.
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.
Published: Fri, 02/14/2020
The Water Protection Fund website upgraded
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.
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.
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.
Published: Fri, 12/13/2019
New Water Bank website designed with the user in mind
Published: Thu, 12/05/2019
Funding opportunity for projects dedicated to Conserving Arizona groundwater now accepting applications
Published: Fri, 11/22/2019
ADWR Drought Recommendations for Winter
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.
Published: Wed, 10/02/2019
In several respects, the big environmental winner this year in the Southwest has been in the realm of water
Published: Thu, 09/19/2019
So, it really was a news scoop. That was revealed in the morning. A regular… morning scoop.
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
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
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