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Agencies, cities participate in annual Fix a Leak Week campaign, promote household water conservationAgency and city leaders are working together this week to promote water conservation around the Valley.
KUNC
To Finish Drought Plan, Colorado River Water Managers Ask Congress For ApprovalWater leaders from the seven states that make up the Colorado River basin are one step closer to finalizing a drought contingency plan. Representatives from Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, New Mexico,...
Arizona Daily Star
OPINION: Today is World Water DayWater is essential to our lives and here in Southern Arizona we have a heightened sense when it comes to our most precious natural resource. We rush to see the Rillito River flow and the river be...
Phoenix New Times
This Winter Gave Us Record Snow and Rain, but What Did It Do for the Drought?This winter has been an astonishingly wet one for Arizona. Last week, Phoenix saw yet more rain. In February, Flagstaff ground to a halt, blanketed by record snows. An overwhelmed water...
Associated Press
US official declares drought plan done for Colorado RiverSeven states that rely on a major waterway in the U.S. West have finished a yearslong effort to create a plan to protect the Colorado River amid a prolonged drought, the federal government declared...
New York Times
Amid 19-Year Drought, States Sign Deal to Conserve Colorado River WaterThe water is saved, for now. Seven Western states have agreed on a plan to manage the Colorado River amid a 19-year drought, voluntarily cutting their water use to prevent the federal government...
AZ Central
OPINION: Arizona has more reason than most to celebrate this drought plan milestoneThe drought contingency plan could still blow up - but if it does, it likely won't be Arizona's fault. Odd as it sounds, that's something to celebrate.
AZ Central
Outlook improves for Colorado River reservoirs, but a drought deal is still in the worksWinter storms have covered the Rocky Mountains with snow from Wyoming to northern New Mexico, leaving a bounty of runoff that should boost the levels of the Colorado River’s...
Desert Sun
Western drought deal is a go, without IID and as Salton Sea clean-up remains stalledIt's done. The Colorado River Board of California voted 8-1-1 Monday to sign on to a multi-state drought contingency plan, which, somewhat ironically, might not be...
Phoenix New Times
Speculators Back Controversial Water Transfer Bill in Arizona HouseRusty Bowers, the Speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives, quietly revived a controversial bill this week that would allow private water companies to tap into groundwater in a rural county...
