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How a productive spate of winter moisture may (or may not) impact drought in the Southwest
How a productive burst of winter moisture may (or may not) impact drought in the Southwest
NEWS
Following is ADWR Water News’ discussion of overall current moisture conditions in the Colorado River Basin with NWS Lead Meteorologist O’Malley.
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ADWR News Article Archive

Deeper Snowpack At Higher Levels Of Mountain Watersheds Improves Winter 2019 Outlook
Deeper Snowpack At Higher Levels Of Mountain Watersheds Improves Winter 2019 Outlook
Published: Thu, 01/31/2019
Still young, Winter 2019 has a story to tell: There’s good cold, and there’s bad cold
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3D tech teaches "junior hydrologists" about topography, geology and the movement of water
Published: Fri, 01/18/2019
At ADWR's “Junior Hydrologist Day,” the kids were wowed by the Augmented Reality Sandbox which allows users to create topographical models by shaping real sand
WUIW Water Tower
Enormous symbol of water conservation campaign on display in the Executive Tower lobby
Published: Mon, 01/14/2019
Constructed from 120 one-gallon water jugs, the imposing a 16-foot tall Water – Use It Wisely tower is now on display in the Executive Tower lobby
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Know your rights: ADWR to roll out new “interactive” groundwater-rights web map system
Published: Fri, 01/04/2019
In mid-January, the ADWR website will feature a new “interactive” map that will allow the public to conveniently access data about their groundwater rights
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2018 Year in Review: The biggest news stories of the year
Published: Fri, 12/28/2018
Take a look back at some of the key moments in 2018, as they were reported by Arizona Water News
Colorado River Lake Mead close to Hoover Dam
Getting to the Finish Line: What’s next for Colorado River Drought Contingency Planning?
Published: Thu, 12/20/2018
The Implementation Plan is nearly in place. However, we’re not yet able to say it’s “done”
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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
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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
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