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AZ Central
As Arizona nears completion of Colorado River plan, deal remains unfinished in CaliforniaWater poured into an artificial wetland next to the Gila River near Sacaton as Arizona’s leading proponents of a Colorado River drought plan celebrated the state’s progress in moving...
AZ Central
'A recipe for disaster': Pinal County might not have enough water for 139,000 planned homesState water regulators say there may not be enough water underground for dozens of planned developments in Pinal County, new subdivisions that, if built, would bring more than 139,000 homes.
Palm Springs Desert Sun
LA offers to supply water instead of IID to get Colorado River drought plan across the finish lineWith a Monday deadline looming, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California has offered to break an impasse on a seven-state Colorado River drought contingency package by...
Capitol Media Services
House panel rejects $20 million request from Pinal County farmers for wells, canalsA House panel quashed a bid Monday by Pinal County farmers to get state funds they say they need because of the drought contingency plan.
Arizona Capitol Times
Lawmaker assures Gila River Indian Community contentious water bill is deadThe Gila River Indian Community will provide the promised 500,000 acre feet of water for the state’s drought contingency plan after being assured that legislation the tribe opposed is dead.
AZ Central
Gila River Indian Community moves ahead with Colorado River drought plan after clash with lawmakerArizona’s efforts to finish a Colorado River drought plan are moving forward after leaders of the Gila River Indian Community announced that they will proceed with their piece of...
Arizona Daily Star
Arizona, other Western states unlikely to meet Colorado River drought plan deadlineThe odds are looking increasingly poor that Arizona and other Western states will meet a March 4 federal deadline for wrapping up Colorado River drought plans.
AZ Central
OPINION: This water-rights fight belongs in the courts, not at the Arizona LegislatureA water-rights battle along the Gila River is real and important. But House Bill 2476 was the wrong way to fight it.
Capitol Media
Arizona lawmaker withdraws bill that angered tribe, imperiled drought contingency planHouse Speaker Rusty Bowers on Tuesday withdrew his bill that would repeal state laws on when farmers forfeit their water rights — legislation that the Gila River Indian Community said would...
Phoenix New Times
Arizona Congratulates Itself on Colorado River Drought Plan, Which Still Isn't DoneA muted celebration settled over Arizona’s final meeting on its Colorado River drought plan on Tuesday, even though more than a dozen agreements remain unfinished and a federal deadline...
