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An Unplugged Debate

The push to “decommission” Glen Canyon Dam – that is, to open up the enormous dam permanently and drain Lake Powell – has been spiking of late, a function of long-standing anti-dam passions fueled by the on-going Southwestern drought.

It is an argument of drought-era opportunism: Why maintain two big, half-full dams when the one downstream – Hoover Dam, holding back Lake Mead – will serve just fine? 

Published:September 29, 2016

Power Trip

In a sense, referring to the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station as a “nuclear” plant is a misnomer.

It isn’t the nuclear-fission process, after all, that makes the enormous turbines within Palo Verde’s three units turn, generating 1,400 megawatts of power each.

Not directly. It is steam driving the turbines of the nation’s largest power plant by net generation, including all three generating units.

Published:December 8, 2016

Virginia O'Connell (Arizona Water Banking Authority)

A brief discussion with Virginia O'Connell, manager of the Arizona Water Banking Authority, on the origins of this water-storage innovation

Submitted by comm-admin on January 9, 2017 - 4:12pm

ADWR Colorado River Briefing - Question 3

Submitted by comm-admin on January 9, 2017 - 4:00pm

Warren Tenney (Arizona Municipal Water Users Association)

Submitted by comm-admin on January 9, 2017 - 3:57pm

Virginia O'Connell (Arizona Water Banking Authority)

Submitted by comm-admin on January 9, 2017 - 3:55pm

ADWR Vlog: On the Road to Kingman - Part 4

Submitted by comm-admin on January 9, 2017 - 3:41pm

ADWR Vlog: On the Road to Kingman - Part 3

Submitted by comm-admin on January 9, 2017 - 3:40pm

ADWR Vlog: On the Road to Kingman - Part 2

Submitted by comm-admin on January 9, 2017 - 3:39pm

Bob Lotts (Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station)

Submitted by comm-admin on January 9, 2017 - 3:31pm

Craig Sullivan (County Supervisors Association of Arizona)

Submitted by comm-admin on January 5, 2017 - 3:59pm

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

Submitted by comm-admin on January 5, 2017 - 3:58pm

ADWR Vlog: On the Road to McMullen Valley & Ranegras Plain

Submitted by comm-admin on January 5, 2017 - 3:57pm

Einav Henenson (Arizona Department of Water Resources)

Submitted by comm-admin on January 5, 2017 - 2:32pm

Governor's Water Augmentation Council Webinar - (August 5, 2016)

Submitted by comm-admin on January 5, 2017 - 2:31pm

Colorado River Briefing Webinar (August 22, 2016)

Submitted by comm-admin on January 5, 2017 - 1:32pm

Kingman -Area Resident (Kingman Planning Area Meeting)

Submitted by comm-admin on January 5, 2017 - 1:30pm

ADWR Highlight - Sept. 8 Kingman Planning Area Meeting (Audience Question)

Submitted by comm-admin on January 5, 2017 - 1:29pm

An interview with author and Southwest water expert John Fleck

Submitted by comm-admin on January 5, 2017 - 1:27pm

Desalination Committee - (September 20, 2016)

Submitted by comm-admin on January 5, 2017 - 1:26pm

Governor's Water Augmentation Council Webinar - (October 28, 2016)

Submitted by comm-admin on January 5, 2017 - 1:25pm

Bruce Babbitt (Former Governor of Arizona)

Submitted by comm-admin on January 5, 2017 - 1:25pm

Recycled Water Committee - (December 5, 2016)

Submitted by comm-admin on January 5, 2017 - 1:24pm

Bob Lotts (Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station)

Submitted by comm-admin on January 5, 2017 - 1:23pm

Warren Tenney (Arizona Municipal Water Users Association)

A brief discussion with Warren Tenney the Executive Director of the Arizona Municipal Water Users Association (AMWUA)

Submitted by comm-admin on January 3, 2017 - 11:01am

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

Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake toured the Colorado River system’s drought-threatened Lake Mead area on August 31, meeting with federal and state water officials, including the Arizona Department of Water Resources.

“I was pleased to discuss with Sen. Flake the proactive response by Arizona to challenges associated with the Colorado River system,” said Water Resources Assistant Director Clint Chandler.

“Our conversation (at Hoover Dam) included references to our State’s contributions, and those of other states and Mexico, to the system."

Published:September 7, 2016