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Arizona drops plan for takeover of federal Clean Water Act permitting
Facing opposition from virtually everyone concerned about the issue, a state agency scrubbed plans to take over Clean Water Act permitting of the discharge and dumping of various materials into the state’s rivers and streams....
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US water chief praises Colorado River deal, sees challenges
States in the U.S. West that have agreed to begin taking less water next month from the drought-stricken Colorado River got praise and a push for more action Thursday from the nation’s top water official....
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Are Our Water Efficiency Standards in Jeopardy?
Last week President Trump announced at a ...
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Notice the dry canal in Mesa and the East Valley? This is why it was empty for 6 weeks
If you've noticed that the usually flowing Central Arizona Project canal was dry the past six weeks, that should change starting Tuesday as the canal refills....
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Water cutbacks set to begin under deal designed to ‘buy down risk’ on Colorado River
Arizona, Nevada and Mexico will start taking less water from the Colorado River in January as a hard-fought set of agreements kicks in to reduce the risk of reservoirs falling to critically low levels....