Arizona Department of Water Resources

Protecting & enhancing Arizona’s water supplies for current and future generations.

ADWR News Article Archive

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.

Seeking Solutions

Published: September 14, 2016

The stakeholders meeting attracted an overflow crowd of over 100 residents with questions about the state laws governing groundwater extraction

Water Resources joins Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake on tour of threatened Lake Mead

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

A Chat with the People of ADWR

Published: September 2, 2016

Arizona Department of Water Resources Director Tom Buschatzke discusses the department's goals with his staff

A Water Resources Tribute to M. Lee Allison, Arizona State Geologist

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.

The Mission to Protect Lake Mead

Published: August 24, 2016

Regarding the Colorado River system, it was the ultimate “good news/bad news” message

Lake Mead Water: It's not always for "fightin" over

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

Yes, it's a dry heat...and that's the problem!

Published: August 10, 2016

Coordinating the groups that officially declare Arizona's state of drought

An artist's depiction of the Wonders of Water

Published: July 28, 2016

A 40-photo exhibit on the Southwest's most consuming passion, at the Phoenix Art Museum

Interior Dept., Sen. Jeff Flake, agree to assuring Arizona water remains Arizona's water

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"

The Riparian Repair Shop

Published: July 20, 2016

Arizona Water Protection Fund opens for ecology-fixing business again in August

A Changing Landscape

Published: July 13, 2016

Groundwater use in the McMullen Valley and Ranegras Plain is having a big impact...both above the surface and below

A view on the news: Desert-Dwellers drink water too!

Published: July 13, 2016

The news is out: People who get thirsty in Phoenix drink water

NW Basins Residents Confront their Water Challenges at Water Resources Event in Kingman

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.