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Industrial Water World
From Tech to Airlines: Industrial Companies invest in ReuseIndustrial facilities are some of the highest volume water users, representing approximately 87 percent of the U.S. freshwater withdrawals. Arizona is one to the top states investing in...
Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Water Bank started as a safeguard against CaliforniaThe Legislature created the water bank as a way to set aside river water for use in times of shortage. But what got more publicity and public attention then was the idea of the bank as a backstop...
Arizona Daily Star
Arizona's plan to withdraw years worth of 'banked' CAP water laggingThe Arizona Water Bank is a monument to foresight and a national model for how to save water for the future but there is no comprehensive plan for how to withdraw that water when it is needed.
Arizona Dept. of Water Resources
Not By Much: Colorado River System To Stay Out Of Shortfall Status Through 2019Analysts are forecasting Lake Mead to end 2019 at just 1,070 feet, or five feet below the Tier 1 shortage trigger. That anticipated elevation is just 20 feet above the Tier 2 shortage stage. If...
Water Deeply
Why One Arizona County Could Upend the Southwest’s Drought PlanNew federal estimates suggest serious water shortages on the Colorado River are closer than thought. While Arizona water users try to cooperate on a conservation fix, one group of farmers stands in...
Wall Street Journal
Agency Says Lake Mead Could Drop Below Critical ThresholdNevada’s Lake Mead, the biggest reservoir in the West, is on track to fall below a critical threshold in 2020, according to a new forecast by the Bureau of Reclamation.
John Fleck
Colorado River shortage looming because Lower Basin is using too much waterThe Lower Colorado River Basin has gotten 10 million acre feet of “bonus water” since 2000, above and beyond its entitlement under the Colorado River Compact. But we’re about to...
Arizona Daily Star
5 takeaways from the water-rights ruling over a planned Sierra Vista development5 takeaways from a 4-3 ruling, in which the Arizona Supreme Court said that the Arizona Department of Water Resources doesn’t have to consider the impacts of Tribute’s...
AZCentral
Opinion: This Arizona Supreme Court ruling could hurt a lot more than Sierra Vista's water supplyThe state Supreme Court gave the go ahead to a massive development near Sierra Vista by saying current law does not prohibit it – even though the court acknowledges the area’s future...
US News & World Report
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.
