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This year, Water Awareness Month means keeping kids safe... and busy

Let’s face it: Arizona Water Awareness Month – which is now – is not exactly an attention-getter this year.

Precious water may be a fundamental building block of life as we know it, but in April 2020, other matters are keeping the minds of Arizonans occupied. In many households, that means keeping the kids safe… and busy.

Published:April 2, 2020

Governor's Water Augmentation, Innovation & Conservation Council (3.13.2020)

Submitted by comm-admin on March 31, 2020 - 4:17pm

Municipal Subgroup Recording (03.09.2020)

Submitted by comm-admin on March 31, 2020 - 4:15pm

5th Management Plans Work Group Agricultural Subgroup Meeting (03.03.2020)

Submitted by comm-admin on March 31, 2020 - 4:13pm

Safe-Yield Technical Subgroup Meeting (2.24.2020)

Submitted by comm-admin on March 31, 2020 - 4:11pm

Non-AMA Groundwater Committee (02.07.2020)

Submitted by comm-admin on March 31, 2020 - 4:08pm

Phoenix AMA 4th Management Plan (2.10.2020)

Submitted by comm-admin on March 31, 2020 - 4:06pm

Post 2025 AMAs Committee (2.13.2020)

Submitted by comm-admin on March 31, 2020 - 4:03pm

Safe Yield Technical Subgroup Meeting (2.4.2020)

Submitted by comm-admin on March 31, 2020 - 3:53pm

GWAICC Water Storage Criteria Development Sub Committee meeting (1.24.20)

Submitted by comm-admin on March 31, 2020 - 3:50pm

5th Management Plans Work Group Turf Breakout Meeting (1.23.2020)

Submitted by comm-admin on March 31, 2020 - 3:47pm

GWAICC (01.0 8.2020)

Submitted by comm-admin on March 31, 2020 - 2:23pm

Arizona water agencies act to assure security and resiliency of State water supply

On a mission to reassure Arizonans that their tap water is secure in these unsettled times, a group of agencies including ADWR and the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality has released an informational statement observing that “Arizona’s water supplies remain safe and resilient.”

Published:March 27, 2020

ADWR Creates Informational “Continuing Operations” Web Page FOR COVID-19 Inquiries

Like virtually all other government agencies, the Arizona Department of Water Resources has adjusted to the threats posed by the COVID-19 virus while, at the same time, conducting as many public services and core mission functions as possible.

Published:March 20, 2020

Making data useful: Interactive technology helping give public access to huge datasets

In this data-heavy “Age of Information” in which we live, agencies like the Arizona Department of Water Resources constantly struggle with how to make information we collect more easily available to the public.

And, at the same time, we work to assure the accuracy of our datasets and to present them in a meaningful and useful way.

Published:March 10, 2020

All in the family: Water Protection Fund website upgraded

Some good things just take  time to develop.

For example, the Arizona Water Protection Fund website, which  recently upgraded to an easier-to-navigate format that now matches the rest of ADWR’s web pages.

Published:February 14, 2020

AZ Game and Fish experts help rare Grand Canyon snail survive some rough waters

It is a reality that flawed humanity can never escape: No matter how hard we try or how carefully we plan, no matter how good our intentions, unintended consequences always come back to bite us.

Published:February 6, 2020

ADWR Chief Attorney to receive prestigious State Bar environmental award

Each year, the State Bar of Arizona’s Environmental & Natural Resources Law Section bestows upon an Arizona attorney an award that reflects high achievement in the realm of environmental and water law.

Published:January 24, 2020

Desalination Committee (1.16.2020)

Submitted by comm-admin on January 21, 2020 - 4:26pm

Governor's Water Augmentation, Innovation and Conservation Council (1.8.2020)

Submitted by comm-admin on January 21, 2020 - 4:19pm

5th Management Plans Municipal Subgroup (01.07.2020)

Submitted by comm-admin on January 21, 2020 - 4:02pm

New Water Bank website designed with the user in mind

Published:December 13, 2019

Drought panel recommends continued drought declaration as experts foresee a drier winter

Water Year Precipitation Percent of Average

Published:November 22, 2019

Rory Van Poucke (Cactus & Pine Golf Course Supervisors Association)

Submitted by comm-admin on January 5, 2017 - 1:20pm

Arizona and its Colorado River water

Historically and traditionally, Arizona has taken action to avoid water crises.

In the midst of the still raging 16-year drought, the state will be taking one more highly public action:

The Arizona Department of Water Resources, in partnership with the Central Arizona Project, is organizing a public briefing to inform water-users statewide about the complex challenges the region may face in coming years.

Published:May 9, 2016