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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: 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
Published: June 2, 2016
The managers of the Arizona Water Banking Authority describe the intricacies of a "banking" business whose currency is water
Published: May 20, 2016
Weather, water and forest wildfire experts report on Arizona's environmental prospects in coming months
Published: May 19, 2016
Explains support for legislation prioritizing water resources in the west
Published: May 19, 2016
Lake Mead reaches long-anticipated “tipping point,” and Arizona responds
Published: May 12, 2016
5 issues for the May 18 briefing on challenges presented by potential shortfalls in Colorado River water allocations
Published: May 9, 2016
A public briefing to inform water-users statewide about the complex challenges the region may face in coming years
Published: April 27, 2016
Rarely have Arizonans had more reason to be aware of their water during “Water Awareness Month” than in 2016.
Published: April 23, 2016
Arizona has built a tradition of acting on its water issues well before the crisis hits. We are not about to let the people of Arizona down
Published: April 22, 2016
Director Buschatzke's opinion piece in the Republic was followed by a report in Sunday's Arizona Daily Star in Tucson about those three-state negotiations
Published: April 21, 2016
Willcox area water users work toward possible resolutions of the region's groundwater issues
Published: April 18, 2016
The "4MP" as it is known is the latest set of guidelines for the Tucson AMA toward achieving "safe yield"