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AZ Central
U.S. drought breaks for first time in 20 years, United States Drought Monitor reportsA wet winter and spring rains mean this is the first week in 20 years in which there were no significant drought conditions in the lower 48 states, the United States Drought...
AZ Central
A developer had plans to build a luxury community by Lake Pleasant. Now, its water supply is in limboA developer came up with a plan 15 years ago to get enough drinking water to an untouched swath of desert near Lake Pleasant for a massive neighborhood it wanted to build.
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...
