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No basin-wide agreement reached on Colorado River cuts before deadline
Upper and Lower Basin states have filed dueling proposals to the federal government for how to distribute cuts in Colorado River water as the race to update expiring guidelines picks up before the end of 2026, both groups of negotiators ann...
Risks ease for Colorado River reservoirs after wet winter, but long-term challenges loom
After a wet year and a push to conserve water in the Southwest, federal officials say the risk of the Colorado River’s reservoirs declining to critically low levels has substantially eased for the next couple of years....
Colorado River conservation measures will protect reservoir levels through 2026, feds say
The U.S. Interior Department on Tuesday released its final plan for emergency measures to shore up Colorado River reservoir storage, declaring victory in the short-term effort to prevent catastrophe from striking in the next three years....
Maybe Arizona's efforts to regulate water use aren't totally DOA
Opinion: Two Arizona senators waved an olive branch — and offered new hope that we can manage water use in rapidly depleting groundwater basins....
Water regulation in Arizona has now devolved into a game of chicken
Opinion: Gov. Katie Hobbs is in a standoff with farmers and their advocates over rural water regulations, with both sides using the Gila Bend basin as a bargaining chip....