Sign In
Free Newsletter
Bowers says water prices will likely rise highest for new residents
The state is moving to create a new agency to search for and finance the water Arizona will need if it hopes to support the current population and grow into... […]
Ranchers, farmers have a water obsession
It’s been said that “obsession is a young man’s game.” If that’s the case, Arizona’s farmers and ranchers will be forever young, thanks to their obsession with water. Water is... […]
Empowering tribes can help address drought
Amelia Flores, chairwoman of the Colorado River Indian Tribes, recently wrote: “The Colorado River Indian Tribes have been the stewards of the river since long before the dams were built,... […]
AZ could use drought technology that helped Israel
After two decades of drought, communities and industries across Arizona are grappling with the reality of less water. The Colorado River simply doesn’t deliver the bounty that it once did.... […]
AZ, other tribal water settlements reached for $1.7 billion
The Biden administration will use $1.7 billion from the recently enacted federal infrastructure bill to fund 16 tribal water rights settlements, U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland announced Tuesday. The... […]
This Week in Arizona Political History – February 4 to 11
Friday, February 4 1903 The Salt River Valley Water Users Association was organized. 1919 The expressed desire of the state of Utah to purchase the “Arizona Strip” north of the... […]
Keep ADEQ, but make it better
Last fall, the Arizona Auditor General’s Office confirmed what many of us knew, the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality is not doing its job, especially when it comes to water... […]
Ducey, lawmakers favor spending on water projects
Gov. Doug Ducey wants lawmakers to turn on the money spigot this year to do something about Arizona’s water woes. In his State of the State Address on January 10,... […]
Ducey plots $1 billion water plan, few details in final State of the State address
Gov. Doug Ducey touted his accomplishments and outlined a legislative agenda that includes action on water issues, education, border security and infrastructure in his eighth and final State of the State address on Monday.
Ducey keys on border, water, schools before walk-off
The 2022 legislative session will be Doug Ducey’s eighth and last as governor of Arizona. It’s starting as yet another wave of Covid washes over the state and partisan politics... […]
$2.5B headed to tribes for long-standing water settlements
For over a decade, residents of the rural Fort Apache Reservation in eastern Arizona have been promised miles of pipeline that would bring clean drinking water to their communities.
Lawmakers ponder water legislation for ‘22
Arizona lawmakers next year will be wrestling with what to do in the shadow of a worsening shortage in one of this state’s most vital water supplies.
