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NPR
Phoenix's new pipeline to address water supplyWe speak with Phoenix's water services director about a new pipeline the city is building. The $280 million drought pipeline project will keep water flowing to 400,000 residents if cuts to the...
Arizona Daily Star
Tucson not joining effort to cut Colorado River takeSixteen Arizona tribes, irrigation districts and cities plan to take less Colorado River water next year under a new agreement that was approved this week by three states and the federal government...
Arizona Republic
Tribes take a greater role in managing the Colorado River, still seek water rightsTribes from across the Colorado River basin came to Las Vegas this week looking for a more significant role in managing water supplies amid an ongoing drought, while still fighting for rights to...
Arizona Republic
Arizona joins Nevada, California and tribes in a pledge to slash Colorado River water useArizona on Wednesday agreed to join neighboring states, tribal communities and the federal government to dramatically reduce the amount of Colorado River water drawn...
Audubon
The State of the Colorado River Going into 2022Climate change is unfolding as a water supply crisis in the Colorado River Basin. Competition over water is on the rise, but I hold out hope that these extraordinary conditions will actually...
Arizona Republic
Lawmakers haven't done much to address rural groundwater problems. That must changeOpinion: No more quashing or ignoring the debate. It's time to flesh out and vote on ideas to shore up Arizona's troubled rural groundwater basins.
Cronkite News
With the Colorado River in crisis, those who decide its future gather with a sense of urgencyThe river that supplies water to 40 million people in the Southwest is alarmingly dry. Since the federal government declared a water shortage this summer for the first time, the Colorado River has...
Arizona Republic
The 500-plus plan to save Lake Mead is monumental – and still solves nothingOpinion: New details underscore how big – but also how much of a Band-Aid – the plan to keep Lake Mead from tanking really is.
CAP Know Your Water News
$1.2 trillion infrastructure package: what it means for CAPPresident Joe Biden’s recent signing of a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill will likely have significant impacts on the Colorado River and impending drought in the...
Nevada Independent
States are funding a plan to keep Colorado River water in Lake Mead. What will it do?Since August, top water officials in each state have been negotiating further reductions in a new plan, known as the 500+ Plan. As with many things on the Colorado River, the plan is voluntary...