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AZ Central
Risk of Colorado River shortage is on the rise, could hit within 5 years, officials sayThe risks of water shortages continue to grow along the Colorado River, which supplies about 40 million people from Wyoming to Arizona.
Tucson.com
Lakes Mead, Powell at risk again from drought despite major conservation effortsFor the second time in two years, federal officials are warning that Lake Mead could drop in five to six years to levels low enough to possibly warrant major Central Arizona Project water cutbacks...
AZ Central
Efforts to sustain Verde River get a boost with $1.2 million grantWhen two conservation groups prepared a “report card” assessing the health of the Verde River watershed, they gave it a C-plus.
AZ Central
Utah's proposal to build Colorado River pipeline gets pushback from 6 statesSix states that depend on the Colorado River have banded together to push back against Utah’s proposal to build a 140-mile pipeline that would move water from Lake Powell, a key storage...
AZ Family
Arizona's extreme drought continuesThe lack of rain from Arizona's summer monsoon is putting that state in dangerous territory when it come to the drought.
AZ Central
Arizona endorses a company's plan to sell Colorado River water to Queen CreekArizona’s top water regulator has endorsed a company’s proposal to take water from farmland near the Colorado River and sell it to the fast-growing Phoenix suburb of Queen Creek.
Chamber Business News
Water leaders talk about how Arizona will sustain future growthAs Arizona faces climate change head on, water leaders are taking steps to ensure that development can continue, particularly in the most populous central part of the state.
Chamber Business News
Businesses contribute $1.5 million to shore up Arizona’s water reservesEight major corporations have contributed more than $1.5 million to shore up Arizona’s dwindling water supplies in a conservation project with the Colorado River Indian Tribes (CRIT) in...
Science Daily
Water efficiency achievable throughout U.S. without decrease in economic activityA recent study co-authored by two Northern Arizona University researchers showed that targeted efforts to increase water efficiency could save enough water annually to fill Lake Mead. It could...
WaterWorld
Arizona surface, drinking water infrastructure gets $30.5M awardThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is awarding $2.7 billion nationwide in support to water infrastructure via State Revolving Funds (SRFs), including $30,536,000 for...
