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Tucson.com
Colorado River runoff plunges, raising shortage concernsRecord and near-record low flows on the Upper Colorado River this summer and fall have dramatically and abruptly worsened the outlook for the entire river and the Central Arizona Project over the...
AZ Central
One more warm, dry winter could spell shortage for Lake Mead (and trouble for Arizona)Opinion: We've known for years that a shortage is coming, but it's alarming how quick the conditions are changing. The Colorado River system was not set up for this.
KUNC
2020 Delivers Setbacks For Some Long-Planned Western Water Projects2020 has been a tough year for some of the Colorado River basin’s long-planned, most controversial water projects.
The Nevada Independent
Cutting BackAcross the state, regulators have issued more rights to water than there is water to go around. Water users are closely watching a test case in Diamond Valley to understand the limits of the law...
KNAU
Study: Water Use Dropping In Western Cities Even While Population GrowsMany western cities have been able to shrink their total water use in recent decades, even as their populations grew. That’s the finding of a new study published in the...
Green Valley News
Rosie on the House: Irrigation maintenance ensures greener grassAutomated irrigation systems can make lawn and landscape easy unless the system has been poorly maintained. Broken sprinkler heads, hardware, and clogged lines can cause poor irrigation,...
KUNC
Climate change likely to keep hammering Colorado River’s biggest reservoirsThe Colorado River’s largest reservoirs are expected to keep struggling over the next five years due to climate change, according to the federal agency that oversees them.
Arizona Capitol Times
Lawmaker to push bill banning sale of Colorado River rightsAs far as Rep. Regina Cobb, R-Kingman, is concerned, she has just begun to fight. Cobb remains steadfast against a deal that allows a farm along the Colorado River to sell millions of gallons of...
Arizona Capitol Times
Environmentalists seek protections for dry riverbedsThe future is murky for many Arizona rivers and streams now that changes to the Clean Water Act have narrowed federal oversight. Yet with no map or list delineating where state control begins, the...
AZ Central
As climate change fuels heat, fires, drought, Republic panel examines threats, solutionsAs wildfires rage in the West, water supplies decline across the region, extreme temperatures bake Arizona and heat-related deaths rise in Phoenix, experts brought together by The Arizona Republic...
