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2020 Year in Review: Overcoming pandemic hurdles to continue serving the public
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2020 served up nothing but challenges, that is, save the grit, determination and sense of innovation that helped ADWR rise above those challenges
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ADWR News Article Archive

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For all of us, "water awareness" means more than just conservation
Published: Wed, 04/05/2017
ADWR employees step up with ideas for conserving and defending Arizona's most precious resource
Irrigated Ag
Water conference at U of A dives deep into issues facing irrigated agriculture
Published: Fri, 03/31/2017
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."
Monument Valley Climate
Weather and climate in the Southwest: Part Two
Published: Wed, 03/22/2017
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
Protecting Lake Mead
All in on protecting Lake Mead
Published: Fri, 03/17/2017
Gila River tribe joins with State, Federal, local and philanthropic leaders on a sweeping cooperative effort to conserve Colorado River water in Lake Mead
Rain
Drought-busting moisture levels in parts of the state don't mean Arizona's drought is done
Published: Thu, 03/09/2017
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
Horse Mesa Dam
A Water Wonderland
Published: Wed, 03/01/2017
Touring Arizona's mountain watershed by helicopter in a time of moisture abundance
Lake Powell & Glen Canyon Dam in Arizona
"Fill Mead First" plan to drain Lake Powell has sprung some big leaks
Published: Wed, 02/22/2017
Utah State University analysis of proposal finds water savings would be slight and ecological hazards plentiful
Lake Mead in Arizona
On Drought and the "Drought Contingency Plan"
Published: Thu, 02/16/2017
A conversation with Water Resources Director Tom Buschatzke about the on-going, multi-state struggle to save Lake Mead
Rocky Mountains in Ouray, Colorado
SNOWPACK IN THE ROCKIES
Published: Thu, 02/09/2017
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
Jeff Flake
Arizona Senator Jeff Flake tabbed to head drought-crucial Water & Power subcommittee
Published: Thu, 02/02/2017
New chairman cites leadership on protecting Lake Mead as key duty
Jeff Flake
Arizona Senator Jeff Flake tabbed to head drought-crucial Water & Power subcommittee
Published: Thu, 02/02/2017
New chairman cites leadership on protecting Lake Mead as key duty
Earth Fissure
Massive earth fissure found near Picacho Peak
Published: Wed, 01/25/2017
Spectacular drone video shot by Arizona Geological Survey of new fissure sparks wave of media attention
San Francisco, California
The Great California Drought
Published: Wed, 01/18/2017
It’s wet out there. But is it really the end of the “D” word? Is the Great California Drought really done?
Earth Fissures
Ebbing Away
Published: Thu, 01/12/2017
Latest land "subsidence" monitoring report finds lower ground levels and fissures in some regions of Arizona
AMS Success
Arizona Department of Water Resources: An end-of-year report, of sorts
Published: Fri, 01/06/2017
We help assure the water supply. For the entire state. And we do more. Lots more
"Foothills Golf Course Sunset" by neepster is liccensed under CC BY 2.0
Arizona Golf Industry Rebounds
Published: Wed, 12/28/2016
University of Arizona researchers find that water-related best management practices are reducing golf-course reliance on fresh water.
Lake Mead
Colorado River water users making progress
Published: Wed, 12/21/2016
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
Lake Mead
Colorado River water-users gather at annual conference
Published: Wed, 12/14/2016
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.
Water Resources staff tour Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station
Power Trip
Published: Thu, 12/08/2016
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
Colorado River in Arizona
Water in the West, Part 2
Published: Thu, 12/08/2016
We have learned that even in the wettest of eras, fresh, clean water is an asset to be valued, protected and conserved
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