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State’s largest pension fund selling interest in company that owns farm growing alfalfa
The state's largest public pension fund is selling off its interest in a company that owns a 3,000-acre western Arizona farm that grows alfalfa to ship to the Middle East.
Feds see shortage in 2018 Lake Mead water to Arizona, Nevada
Amid punishing drought, federal water managers are projecting ai??i?? by a very narrow marginai??i?? that Lake Mead won't have enough water to make full deliveries to Nevada and Arizona in 2018.
When it comes to water, Arizona needs to build on its record of stewardship
In preparation for our recent agricultural water summit, the undersigned commissioned a poll to separate fact from fiction. Sound policy requires conversation and cooperation, but should be preceded by solid data.
Arizona municipalities offering free audits to conserve water
With Arizona in the grip of a decades-long drought, Gilbert is among municipalities in the Phoenix metropolitan area offering free home water audits to reduce waste.
Less Than Zero: Despite decades of accepted science, California and Arizona are still miscounting their water supplies
Drawing groundwater from near a stream can suck that stream dry. In turn, using all the water in streams and rivers lessens their ability to replenish the aquifers beneath them. Yet California and Arizona -- the two states water experts say are facing the most severe water crises -- continue to count and regulate groundwater and surface water as if they were entirely separate.
Ducey urges vigilance in dealing with feds as water shortages loom
Don’t punish Arizona for California’s bad behavior. That was Gov. Doug Ducey’s prevailing theme Tuesday on water issues that plague the Colorado River and states that rely on its water. He made his remarks at the East Valley Partnership and Salt River Project forum.
