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Bowers yanks contentious water bill that threatened drought plan
After House Speaker Rusty Bowers created a kerfuffle by pushing a bill that threatened to tank Arizona’s efforts to sign onto a multi-state drought plan and craft a similar intrastate...
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No Arizona drought plan in sight as deadline looms
Lake PleasantApril 2, 2014Photo by Central Arizona Project After months of drought plan negotiations and as the deadline for Arizona to produce an internal agreement on...
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Supreme Court sides with developer in water dispute
Water agency director insists lawmakers can give him forbearance authority
Hoover Dam (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Photo) The head of the state’s water agency insists that, contrary to the conclusions of a legislative attorney, lawmakers...
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Governor gives thumbs down on water proposals
No end near after 4 decades of water rights litigation
Water manager’s lobbyist costs under scrutiny, ban possible
A water installation flows downtown Gilbert, Ariz. (Photo by Ellen O’Brien/Arizona Capitol Times) The Central Arizona Project has paid more than $2.5 million for lobbyists in...
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Water policy remake stirs fight unlike others in state history
Lake Pleasant, located approximately 42 miles northwest of central Phoenix, serves as a reservoir in the Central Arizona Project. Photo courtesy of Central Arizona Project. There’s...
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Agencies at odds over deal to send AZ water to California during drought
The Central Arizona Project tried to strike a deal to sell water to California for $18 million during the 2015 drought, which the state claims underscores the need for reforms...
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Conservation district wary of governor’s proposals on water
Arizona water bigwigs are meeting with the governor’s staff in an attempt to unify the state’s voice on water issues and come up with new ideas to conserve and manage...
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Central Arizona Water Conservation District plan is a risky gambit
If recent climatic experience has taught Arizonans anything, it is that the specter of drought is an ever-present proposition. Droughts of 30- or even 50-year durations are not unknown phenomena....
