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The Latest: Arizona Supreme Court Rules in Water Rights CaseThe Arizona Supreme Court has sided with a proposed development in southern Arizona in a water rights case involving one of the Southwest's only free-flowing rivers, the San Pedro.
AZCentral
Arizona court clears way for new development to tap groundwater near San Pedro RiverArizona’s Supreme Court cleared the way for a new development with nearly 7,000 homes near the San Pedro River in a hotly contested decision that conservationists say will threaten one of the...
National Parks Traveler
Nonnative Quagga Mussels Impacting Glen Canyon National Recreation AreaLake Mead and Lake Powell are both infested with non-native quagga mussels. The task ahead is keeping them from infesting other waters and infrastructure.
Bloomberg
Survival of North America’s Desert Wetlands Depends on Lake MeadShortages of Colorado River water could reduce water available for agriculture, in turn reducing the agricultural runoff that supports the Cienaga de Santa Clara and the Salton Sea.
Science Daily
Monsoon rains found to be beneficial to underground aquifersA team of researchers has been studying the fate of monsoon rainfall and its impact on groundwater recharge in the Chihuahuan Desert of New Mexico.
AZ Water News
Valley Cities Find Innovative Ways To Remake Irrigation Canals For Multiple UsesFor more than two generations, the hundreds of miles of irrigation canals lacing the Valley of the Sun have served a single, utilitarian purpose. They delivered water where it needed to go.
AZ Central
'Everybody's problem': Invasive apple snails threaten Salt River ecosystemIsrael Garcia paddled his kayak above underwater growth near cattail reeds along the banks of the Salt River. He scanned the waters, just below the surface, hunting for snails that didn't...
Popular Mechanics
The Hoover Dam Changed America—And It Might Do It AgainThe massive project has provided cheap electricity for generations and become a beacon of what's possible. A new plan wants to add solar power to hyrdoelectric legend.
AZ Central
Arizona may take on new authority to protect streams and rivers. Conservationists fear looser regulation.Arizona is looking at taking over a federal program intended to protect rivers, streams and wetlands from construction projects, road-building and mining,a change conservation groups say will...
AZ Water News
DCP Steering Committee slide presentation now available at ADWR websiteA 22-slide PowerPoint presentation prepared jointly by the Arizona Department of Water Resources and the Central Arizona Project on behalf of the new Steering Committee is now available at...
