AMWUA Press Room
Peoria Times
West Valley development the focus of summitNearly 50% of Maricopa County’s growth over the next 25 years is projected to occur in the West Valley. In order to accommodate a population growth of more than 1 million people,...
AZ Central
OPINION: This is the biggest small step Arizona could take to save rural groundwaterLawmakers are giving Mohave and La Paz counties two years to study how they will handle rapid groundwater depletion.
AZ Family
How Arizona's Lake Powell was createdLake Powell is the second largest man-made lake in the United States. Lake Mead holds more water but it's not as big geographically as Lake Powell.
InkStain
What the Colorado River Drought Contingency Plan means in practiceWith the backdrop of Hoover Dam, an assembly of Colorado River dignitaries signed the Drought Contingency plan yesterday afternoon.
AZ Water
It’s Not How Fast You Run, It’s How You Cross The Finish LineArizona has worked over the course of several years with the other States in the Colorado River Basin and the United States to develop an interstate Drought Contingency Plan to protect...
AZ Central
As states gather to sign Colorado River drought plan, focus turns to what's nextAfter months of tense, difficult negotiations, a plan to spread the effects of anticipated cutbacks on the drought-stricken Colorado River is nearing completion.
AZ Central
States sign short-term Colorado River drought plan, but global warming looms over long-term solutionsThe Colorado River just got a boost that’s likely to prevent its depleted reservoirs from bottoming out, at least for the next several years.
The Daily Sentinel
One good year does not end a droughtAll is good, it might seem. More rain forecast for the coming week, a continuation of a wet spring. Still plenty of snow in the high country. Predictions of average, not overly hot, temperatures...
Payson Roundup
Roosevelt filling up, but Verde River running low: What gives?Roosevelt Lake stands at 77 percent full, compared to 38 percent in December. The 13,000-square-mile Salt and Verde river watersheds have produced a million acre-feet of runoff — 10 times as...
AZ Water
Inter-Agency Drought Group Recommends Continuation Of “Drought Declaration”Twice annually, an inter-agency group of experts analyzes Arizona’s climate conditions and decides whether to recommend to the Governor that the on-going drought declaration be continued.
