While rain and snow have ended droughts across much of the U.S. this year, conditions have gotten worse in Arizona, further extending a dry streak that began in 1996.

Two municipalities are challenging the authority of one of the state’s largest utilities and are now asking a Maricopa County court to order Salt River Project (SRP) to turn over records under the state’s public records law.

OKLAHMOMA CITY – Americans are spoiled, says University of Arizona law professor Robert Glennon.

“We have no sense of the value of water,” he told the 30th Annual Oklahoma Governor’s Water Conference on Nov. 3 in Midwest City, Okla.

The Legislature is getting sued, again, over fund sweeps initiated earlier this year to close the state budget gap.

A commission charged with delivering water from the Colorado River to several Arizona counties and Native American tribes has filed a lawsuit with the Arizona Supreme Court to challenge the Legislature’s decision to sweep millions of dollars held by the Arizona Water Banking Authority.

Warning of potentially negative impacts on water delivery and job retention, Gov. Jan Brewer is urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to consider the consequences of new regulations being proposed for the Navajo Generating Station. The coal-fired power plant, located near Page, is run by the Salt River Project and generates power for the Central [...]

The forces of nature that blessed Arizona with the Grand Canyon also provided high-grade uranium, trapped in nearby layers of rock.

Whether the uranium is a blessing or a curse depends on whose side you take.

Capturing rainwater for drinking. Reusing what goes down the shower drain to water the lawn. Irrigating trees with used water from a air-conditioning system.

Recycling water in these and other ways is key to meeting Arizona’s long-term water needs, the head of the state Department of Environmental Quality said Tuesday (Sept. 29).

Increasing collaboration among offices responsible for Arizona’s water supply will better prepare the state to conserve and reuse its most precious natural resource, an agency head said Aug. 31.