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AZ Central
As Arizona weighs water reforms, farms push back against reporting pumping dataWhile the Arizona Legislature considers how to respond to problems of falling groundwater levels in rural areas, the agriculture industry is pushing back against proposals that would require owners...
AZ Central
OPINION: Only new regulations can ensure Arizona's wells won't go dryMany rural areas in Arizona are depleting their aquifers. As a start, well owners statewide should be required to report how much they are pumping.
AZ Central
Metro Phoenix cities don't have equal access to water. See how your city stacks upIn Arizona's desert cities, water rights are life. Water is allocated, bought and banked like the precious commodity it is. Cities along the Valley's canal system, in general,...
Arizona Daily Star
Water management fixes won't come soon for Arizona, experts sayOverhauling a state water program that allows new suburban developments to sprout on pumped groundwater will likely take years — if it ever happens.
AZ Republic
Buckeye is the nation's fastest-growing city. But it doesn't have the water to keep it upBuckeye is the fastest-growing city in the U.S. and the last major slice of metro Phoenix to develop, trading natural desert and family farms for suburban strip malls, distribution...
AZ Big Media
Arizona business leaders seek ways to protect water supplyArizona business leaders from the state’s most sustainable companies — Microsoft, Intel, Arizona Public Service, Ewing Irrigation, Salt River Project and others — met with...
KJZZ
Bill Would Require Efficient Toilets And Faucets In ArizonaA bill with bipartisan sponsorship in the Arizona Legislature would require new toilets, shower heads and faucets to use less water. That would include any plumbing fixture that hardware...
AZ Central
OPINION: 4 things Arizona should learn from California's groundwater regulation fightMetering? Local control? California tackled some of the concepts Arizona is now debating to better manage groundwater - with instructive results.
AZ Central
Swimming pools and lush lawns? As water use slows, that image of Phoenix is changingLarge lawns and backyard pools were once common features of new homes in the Phoenix area, but not anymore.
Capitol Times
OPINION: Arizona’s budget must reflect our water challengesAs our state begins to reduce its use of water from the overtaxed Colorado River, our entire state — both urban and rural communities — needs to rethink how we use...
