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The Colorado River Compact hasn't aged well
The Colorado River Compact turns 100 this year, but any celebration is damped down by the drying-up of the big reservoirs it enabled....
What will happen to the Colorado River? What we know about looming water cuts
Opinion: Lake Mead and Lake Powell are tanking, forcing Colorado River users to radically slash demand quickly. Here's what we know about how that might play out....
No, Arizona did not set aside $1 billion for water. Consider this a down payment
Opinion: It's up to future lawmakers to fund the full billion dollars for water conservation and augmentation projects. That's unfortunate - and still a win....
Pipelines? Desalination? Turf removal? Arizona commits $1B to augment, conserve water supplies
The Colorado River’s precipitous decline pushed Arizona lawmakers to deliver Gov. Doug Ducey’s $1 billion water augmentation fund — and then some — late Friday, their final night in session....
Feds seek ideas on how to manage a drier Colorado River
For many decades, the Colorado River was managed with the attitude that its water levels would remain roughly stable over time, punctuated by alternating wet and dry periods....