Arizona Department of Water Resources

Departing Department vet illustrates ADWR’s role in Arizona water management

The challenge facing the Arizona Department of Water Resources right now, said Department policy adviser and legislative liaison Doug Dunham, is to balance 17 years of on-going drought in the Southwest with healthy economic growth in Arizona.

Published:May 24, 2018

In Memory of Our Dear Friend Evelyn Erlandsen

On May 14, our long-time friend and co-worker Evelyn Erlandsen passed away after a long courageous fight with cancer. She was 57. As her family noted in her obituary, she passed away comfortably at home on Mother’s Day.

It wasn’t as though we didn’t know about her heroism. A member of the Water Resources team on three separate occasions – she kept returning home! -- Evelyn resigned from her position with the Colorado River Management team in late April, just weeks before her passing. Our colleague was strong.

Published:June 6, 2017

Punk revival!

Maybe it was a reflection of the economically tough times, but popular music tastes in the mid-to-late Seventies were on a quest for something… edgy.

The Beatles as a group were long since done and gone. Flower Power rock was on the wane. A disaffected, often bitter subdivision of youth culture was on the rise. It found its loud, discordant, often profane voice in something called… punk.

Published:October 12, 2016

Colorado River water-users gather at annual conference

According to lore, the federal Bureau of Reclamation – the managing agency of the Colorado River system – often takes advantage of the annual gathering of Colorado River states and water-users held each December to make big announcements.

Published:December 14, 2016

Arizona Department of Water Resources: An end-of-year report, of sorts

Groundwater Quote

It is a safe bet that at one time or another nearly every member of the Water Resources team has needed to explain to an acquaintance what we are not.

No, we’re not the people primarily responsible for assuring the quality of the state’s water supply. Those are our valued colleagues over at the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality.

ADEQ is just across the hall. Come on over some day. We’ll introduce you.

Published:January 6, 2017

ADWR Colorado River Briefing - Question 3

Submitted by [email protected] on January 9, 2017 - 4:00pm

ADWR Colorado River Briefing – Question 2

Submitted by [email protected] on January 9, 2017 - 4:00pm

Colorado River Shortage Briefing Webinar - (May 18, 2016)

Submitted by [email protected] on January 9, 2017 - 3:59pm

Colorado River Shortage Briefing - Audience Question

Submitted by [email protected] on January 9, 2017 - 3:58pm

ADWR Vlog: On the Road to Kingman - Part 4

Submitted by [email protected] on January 9, 2017 - 3:41pm

ADWR Vlog: On the Road to Kingman - Part 3

Submitted by [email protected] on January 9, 2017 - 3:40pm

ADWR Vlog: On the Road to Kingman - Part 2

Submitted by [email protected] on January 9, 2017 - 3:39pm

Forest Management Impacts on Water Quantity & Quality (Arizona-Mexico Commission 2016)

Submitted by [email protected] on January 9, 2017 - 3:36pm

Bruce Babbitt (Former Governor of Arizona)

Submitted by [email protected] on January 9, 2017 - 3:29pm

Tom Buschatzke (Arizona Department of Water Resources)

Submitted by [email protected] on January 5, 2017 - 3:56pm

Colorado River Briefing Webinar (August 22, 2016)

Submitted by [email protected] on January 5, 2017 - 1:32pm

Colorado River Shortage Preparedness - (April 22, 2015)

Submitted by [email protected] on January 5, 2017 - 1:31pm

Bruce Babbitt (Former Governor of Arizona)

Submitted by [email protected] on January 5, 2017 - 1:25pm

Tom Buschatzke (Arizona Department of Water Resources)

Submitted by [email protected] on January 5, 2017 - 1:22pm

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

Submitted by [email protected] on January 5, 2017 - 1:20pm

Arizona Is Rising Up To Meet the Challenges of Falling Water Levels at Lake Mead

Last week's announcement by the Bureau of Reclamation that Lake Mead is projected at years end to be three feet above the level that would trigger reductions in water deliveries to Arizona, Nevada and Mexico was welcome news.

But we are not out of the woods.

Arizona has built a tradition of acting on its water issues well before the crisis hits. The people of Arizona have come to expect that level of preparation. We are not about to let them down.

Published:April 23, 2016