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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
ADWR News Article Archive
Published: April 5, 2017
ADWR employees step up with ideas for conserving and defending Arizona's most precious resource
Published: March 31, 2017
Keynote speaker Clint Chandler of ADWR assures rural growers and residents that their issues are a top priority for Gov. Ducey: "We ask you to stay tuned."
Published: March 22, 2017
The second part of a discussion with Arizona's top weather climatologists about drought, rainy winters and why California gets more "atmospheric rivers" than us
Published: March 17, 2017
Gila River tribe joins with State, Federal, local and philanthropic leaders on a sweeping cooperative effort to conserve Colorado River water in Lake Mead
Published: March 9, 2017
Record snowfall in the Sierra Nevada...double the average snow in parts of the Rockies... one "atmospheric river" after the next hitting the coast...and enough snowpack in the eastern Arizona mountains to give Lake Roosevelt an outside chance of filling up this spring...yet Arizona remains in drough
Published: March 1, 2017
Touring Arizona's mountain watershed by helicopter in a time of moisture abundance
Published: February 22, 2017
Utah State University analysis of proposal finds water savings would be slight and ecological hazards plentiful
Published: February 16, 2017
A conversation with Water Resources Director Tom Buschatzke about the on-going, multi-state struggle to save Lake Mead
Published: February 9, 2017
It's still early, but much of Arizona's watershed, as well as the western face of the Rockies, is experiencing higher-than-normal precipitation, too
Published: February 2, 2017
New chairman cites leadership on protecting Lake Mead as key duty
Published: January 25, 2017
Spectacular drone video shot by Arizona Geological Survey of new fissure sparks wave of media attention
Published: January 18, 2017
It’s wet out there. But is it really the end of the “D” word? Is the Great California Drought really done?
Published: January 12, 2017
Latest land "subsidence" monitoring report finds lower ground levels and fissures in some regions of Arizona
Published: January 6, 2017
We help assure the water supply. For the entire state. And we do more. Lots more
Published: December 28, 2016
University of Arizona researchers find that water-related best management practices are reducing golf-course reliance on fresh water.
Published: December 21, 2016
The Department of Interior and the Bureau of Reclamation famously use the annual December meetings of Colorado River water-users to announce big policy changes
Published: December 14, 2016
The Arizona Department of Water Resources has created a live blog of events as they occur at the Colorado River Water Users Association conference in Las Vegas.
Published: December 8, 2016
Water Resources staff tour one of the largest, and most efficient, users of re-used water in the western U.S., the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station
Published: December 8, 2016
We have learned that even in the wettest of eras, fresh, clean water is an asset to be valued, protected and conserved
Published: December 1, 2016
Passionate representative of Arizona’s agricultural community at the state Legislature, Rick Lavis, 76, passed away Saturday after a lengthy battle with cancer.