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Phoenix Water
Arizona Cities Helping Farmers During ShortageThe city of Phoenix will join several other valley cities in helping provide water to Arizona farmers impacted most by the drought.
Chamber Business News
Colorado River water users enter new phase of stewardship in face of long-anticipated cutsFor the first time in history, the federal government has declared a water shortage on the Colorado River, which serves as a lifeline to more than 40 million people in western states like...
AZ Big Media
Some fast facts to know about the Arizona water supplyArizona leads the nation with rigorous water conservation efforts, and because of the 1980 Groundwater Management Act, Arizona has the legal and physical infrastructure that maintains a...
Arizona Republic
Arizona stored water to help during shortages. What happens when we start using it?Opinion: How should Arizona maximize its underground 'water bank' once more severe shortages hit? A new plan resolves some questions but important ones remain.
Arizona Republic
What can Arizona learn from California's drought and mandatory water cuts?Opinion: A record-setting drought is hitting northern California with particular vengeance. There are lessons for Arizona in that.
The Hill
The Colorado River can be a model for climate resilience — but only if we make it oneThe Colorado River Basin is ground zero for climate change in the United States. In portions of Colorado and Utah, temperatures have risen at a rate of double the global average.
Arizona Capitol Times
Water shortage to keep Legislature busy in ‘22Add a water shortage with serious implications for Pinal County farmers to the challenges lawmakers will have to deal with when the Legislature comes back in 2022.
KJZZ
Why Phoenix Says It's Prepared For A Water-Strapped FutureThis week, the federal government declared a Tier 1 shortage on the Colorado River for the first time in history. It will largely affect farmers in Arizona, but the future is...
Arizona Republic
We hit the mark for additional cuts to prop up Lake Mead. How will that play out?Opinion: States must agree to more cuts on Lake Mead, inserting a ton of uncertainty into an already volatile process. So, what happens now?
AZ Big Media
Low levels on the Colorado River: What it means for youThe Colorado River is running low. Battered by 20 years of drought, flows have been consistently dropping in the river that 40 million people depend upon. The water level in Lake Mead is...