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Arizona Senate chief says he won't try to change water-supply mandate
Arizona’s Senate president said he does not plan to introduce legislation to alter water supply requirements for new development ...
Legislator addresses old groundwater law
Senate President Warren Petersen wants to change part of the 1980 Groundwater Management Act, which requires residential developers to have a 100-year supply of water in the state’s urban areas. For more on this, we welcomed Kathleen Ferris...
Gila River Indian Community will produce solar power, slow evaporation with canal project
The Gila River Indian Community will install solar panels over one of its canals to produce power and reduce evaporation from some of its irrigation waterways....
Will another snowy winter boost the Colorado River? It hasn't happened in this century
Six months after three southwestern states struck a deal to keep more Colorado River water behind drought-shrunken Hoover Dam, those states face the first test of whether it’s enough to keep the region out of crisis....
Colorado River in Crisis: A Los Angeles Times documentary
For decades, sections of the river have been entirely used up, leaving dusty expanses of desert where water once flowed to the sea in Mexico. Now, chronic overuse and the effects of climate change are pushing the river system toward potenti...