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Recent UA study confirms groundwater pumping is drying up Arizona riversGroundwater pumping has caused stream flow in U.S. rivers to decline by as much as half over the last century, according to new research by a University of Arizona hydrologist that...
AZ Big Media
McSally, Sinema aim to improve water supply infrastructureU.S. Senator Martha McSally (R-AZ) and Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) introduced legislation yesterday to improve water supply infrastructure. The Water Supply Infrastructure Rehabilitation...
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...
AZ Big Media
Sky Harbor saves water, resources by swapping turf with xeriscapeA program to replace the green grass turf with native desert landscape around Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport is anticipated to save $400,000 annually in labor and materials as...
