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New York Times
Amid 19-Year Drought, States Sign Deal to Conserve Colorado River WaterThe water is saved, for now. Seven Western states have agreed on a plan to manage the Colorado River amid a 19-year drought, voluntarily cutting their water use to prevent the federal government...
AZ Central
OPINION: Arizona has more reason than most to celebrate this drought plan milestoneThe drought contingency plan could still blow up - but if it does, it likely won't be Arizona's fault. Odd as it sounds, that's something to celebrate.
AZ Central
Outlook improves for Colorado River reservoirs, but a drought deal is still in the worksWinter storms have covered the Rocky Mountains with snow from Wyoming to northern New Mexico, leaving a bounty of runoff that should boost the levels of the Colorado River’s...
Desert Sun
Western drought deal is a go, without IID and as Salton Sea clean-up remains stalledIt's done. The Colorado River Board of California voted 8-1-1 Monday to sign on to a multi-state drought contingency plan, which, somewhat ironically, might not be...
Phoenix New Times
Speculators Back Controversial Water Transfer Bill in Arizona HouseRusty Bowers, the Speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives, quietly revived a controversial bill this week that would allow private water companies to tap into groundwater in a rural county...
AZ Central
How much has Arizona wet its appetite for precipitation?The National Weather Service on Friday offered updated numbers showing just how wet it's been in Arizona since October.
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Wet winter likely to keep Colorado River out of shortage next yearFor the moment, Mother Nature is smiling on the Colorado River.
AZ Central
OPINION: Here's the big problem with that March 19 drought plan deadlineArizona and other Colorado River basin states are darned if they comment and darned if they don't.
Desert Sun
Water wars: Imperial Valley is being cut out of western US drought planThe Imperial Irrigation District is being written out of a massive, multi-state Colorado River drought plan at the eleventh hour.
Capitol Media
The $20M for Pinal County farmers, killed in House, is revived in SenateRebuffed by a House panel, a Globe lawmaker convinced a Senate committee Tuesday that Pinal County farmers should get $20 million more to help drill new wells to replace Colorado River water they...