Sign In
Free Newsletter
Arizona challenge: Which drought is it?
Recently we were asked to address the national gathering of agricultural media/journalists to answer the question: How is drought impacting Arizona’s cattle production?
New Kyl center at ASU steps in to resolve water rights conflicts
The Kyl Center for Water Policy opened last November at Arizona State University’s Morrison Institute for Public Policy. Since Sarah Porter was hired as director in January, she and her team have set out to resolve the long-standing issue of determining the nature, extent and relative priority of water rights in Arizona. The process is known as general stream adjudication.
Officials: Less chance of Colorado River water cuts in 2017
Wet weather in May and June prompted optimistic projections Monday from federal water managers keeping close tabs on the Colorado River water supply for about 40 million residents in seven Southwest U.S. states.
Water management article overlooked key facts
The bleak water management picture Abrahm Lustgarten presents in (“Less than Zero,” July 24) overlooks some important facts.
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.
End of the miracle machines: Inside the power plant fueling America’s drought
In a series of reports, ProPublica has examined how the West’s water crisis is as much a product of human error and hubris as it is of nature. The Navajo Generating Station is a monument to man’s outsized confidence that it would always be possible to engineer new solutions to an arid region’s environmental limits.
Feds revising Lake Mead water projections following wet May
Federal water managers are due to release a monthly projection of water levels at Lake Mead on Monday, and the rain in May might change what they say.
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.
Arizona water outlook not as dire as neighboring California
Gripped by a prolonged drought, Arizona faces possible cuts to its main water supply in the next 18 months. Residents, however, face none of the restrictions that neighboring California has imposed this year.
EPA tells Arizona: Not a drop is yours!
Once again the bright lights are shown on the caricature of the federal government regulating everything from cradle to grave – only this time it is from stock pond to ditch.
Arizona hopes for more control of its water as drought deepens in West
Arizona wants more control of its water resources as the ongoing drought in Western states brings the likelihood of further shortages to the region, a state official testified Tuesday.
Advocate says new clean water rules will protect Arizona, but Republicans say they go too far
New federal rules designed to better protect small streams, tributaries and wetlands ai??i?? and the drinking water of 117 million Americans ai??i?? are being praised by environmentalists as a victory for clean water and criticized by Republicans and farm groups as going too far.
