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AZ Central
For a while in 1983, sheets of plywood were all that kept the mighty Glen Canyon Dam from overflowingLake Powell wasn't always half empty. In 1983, the resouvoir filled nearly to overflowing, saved by resourceful engineers and a lot of concrete.
KJZZ
Arizona Explores Desalination Options To Help Water IssueMost of Arizona is free of drought in the short-term, according to the Arizona Department of Water Resources, although long-term droughtcontinues to affect the state. And, as other states...
KJZZ
Martha McSally And Kyrsten Sinema Join Forces To Support Water Sustainability BillArizona Sens. Martha McSally and Kyrsten Sinema may have had an epic battle on the campaign trail last year, but now they are joining together to sponsor a bill that works to address...
AZ Central
He took down dams, freed wolves and preserved wildlands. Bruce Babbitt is still at workDuring eight years as secretary of the Interior under President Bill Clinton, and previously as Arizona’s governor, Babbitt distinguished himself as a Democratic politician who skillfully...
Phoenix New Times
How Wildfires and Monsoons Threaten Arizona's Precious Water SupplyNext to Apache Lake, the southern bank of the Salt River rises in a palette of tans and browns dotted with green stubble. Partway up the slope, the summer desert hues stop abruptly at a horizontal...
The Conversation
Western states buy time with a 7-year Colorado River drought plan, but face a hotter, drier futureAs Midwest states struggled with record spring flooding this year, the Southwest was wrestling with the opposite problem: not enough water. On May 20, 2019, federal officials and leaders from seven...
Arizona Daily Star
Newly created river flow on Santa Cruz seen as 'miracle' to someWhat do you call a river in the desert, asked downtown-area resident Daryl Alderson as he sat on his bike along the freshly wetted Santa Cruz River just north of West Speedway. “A...
Chamber Business News
Arizona water leaders honoredA monumental effort to protect Arizona’s share of the dwindling Colorado River was shepherded by two longtime state water officials: Tom Bushatzke, the director of the Arizona Department of...
Colorado Sun
Even after a rush of snow and rain, the thirsty Colorado River Basin is “not out of the woods yet”Colorado’s water year has been extraordinary. After nearly 20 years dominated by drought, a combination of heavy storms, persistent precipitation and cold temperatures conspired for a...
Ink Stain
New USBR modeling shows substantial reduction in Mead, Powell risk over the next five yearsThe unusually wet winter (with an assist from new Colorado River Drought Contingency Plan water reduction rules) has substantially reduced the near-term scare-the-crap-out-of-me risks on the...
