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ADWR News Article Archive
Published: September 29, 2016
In 1997, we had a truly balanced, fact-based argument over the future of Glen Canyon Dam and Lake Powell
Published: September 22, 2016
An interview with John Fleck, author of Water is for Fighting Over and Other Myths about Water in the West
Published: September 21, 2016
According to one of the most respected water journalists, the real story of water in the SW over the last 100 years hasn’t been fightin’. It’s been cooperation.
Published: September 14, 2016
The stakeholders meeting attracted an overflow crowd of over 100 residents with questions about the state laws governing groundwater extraction
Published: September 7, 2016
Reclamation's report predicted that Lake Mead’s elevation at the end of the 2016 calendar year would remain above the critical 1,075-foot level
Published: September 2, 2016
Arizona Department of Water Resources Director Tom Buschatzke discusses the department's goals with his staff
Published: August 26, 2016
The director of the Arizona Geological Survey, M. Lee Allison, tragically passed away suddenly on August 16 after falling from a ladder at his home. He was 68.
Published: August 24, 2016
Regarding the Colorado River system, it was the ultimate “good news/bad news” message
Published: August 17, 2016
Even after nearly 17 years of drought, there has not been a lot of fightin’ among the Southwestern states over the dwindling supplies of water in Lake Mead
Published: August 10, 2016
Coordinating the groups that officially declare Arizona's state of drought
Published: July 28, 2016
A 40-photo exhibit on the Southwest's most consuming passion, at the Phoenix Art Museum
Published: July 21, 2016
Colorado River water contributed by AZ to help stabilize Lake Mead will not be released to any state “without the consensus of all three Lower Basin States"
Published: July 20, 2016
Arizona Water Protection Fund opens for ecology-fixing business again in August
Published: July 13, 2016
Groundwater use in the McMullen Valley and Ranegras Plain is having a big impact...both above the surface and below
Published: July 13, 2016
The news is out: People who get thirsty in Phoenix drink water
Published: July 6, 2016
Residents of Kingman told our staff that something needs to change about plummeting underground water tables. They just don’t know what that something is.
Published: July 1, 2016
Forest-health experts describe the delicate state of Arizona's forest-region watersheds at annual Arizona-Sonora meeting
Published: June 22, 2016
Arizona golf-course superintendents gather to share best practices on water management
Published: June 15, 2016
Water Resources at center of Arizona's elaborate flood-warning system
Published: June 8, 2016
Water Resources planners scout the next location in the series of on-site Governor's Water Initiative meetings