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KTAR
Avondale launches water conservation program that offers financial incentivesThe City of Avondale has launched a program designed to encourage water conservation through financial incentives.
Arizona Republic
Hobbs rejects Republican groundwater bill, says rural Arizona needs a better planGov. Katie Hobbs said Wednesday she would reject a Republican-sponsored rural groundwater bill approved by the Arizona Senate because she does not believe it would actually protect water supplies...
ABC 15
Phoenix ramps up water conservation effortsPhoenix city leaders recently passed a new ordinance that outlines how new large companies conserve water if they want to operate within city limits.
KNAU
Colorado River states have two different plans for managing water. Here's why they disagreeThe seven states that use water from the Colorado River have proposed competing plans for how the river should be managed in the future. They’re split into two factions, with the Upper...
LA Times
Risks ease for Colorado River reservoirs after wet winter, but long-term challenges loomAfter a wet year and a push to conserve water in the Southwest, federal officials say the risk of the Colorado River’s reservoirs declining to critically low levels has substantially eased...
Arizona Daily Star
States are far apart on new Colorado River water-saving plans sent to U.S. agencyThe four Upper Basin states of the Colorado River Basin released a water-saving plan Wednesday that would cut river water use by Arizona and the other two Lower Basin states by up to 20% in most...
Las Vegas Review-Journal
No basin-wide agreement reached on Colorado River cuts before deadlineUpper and Lower Basin states have filed dueling proposals to the federal government for how to distribute cuts in Colorado River water as the race to update expiring guidelines picks up before the...
Arizona Republic
Colorado River conservation measures will protect reservoir levels through 2026, feds sayThe U.S. Interior Department on Tuesday released its final plan for emergency measures to shore up Colorado River reservoir storage, declaring victory in the short-term effort to prevent...
Arizona Republic
Maybe Arizona's efforts to regulate water use aren't totally DOAOpinion: Two Arizona senators waved an olive branch — and offered new hope that we can manage water use in rapidly depleting groundwater basins.
Arizona Republic
Water regulation in Arizona has now devolved into a game of chickenOpinion: Gov. Katie Hobbs is in a standoff with farmers and their advocates over rural water regulations, with both sides using the Gila Bend basin as a bargaining chip.