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Hoover Dam, symbol of the modern West, faces a new test with an epic water shortage
Hoover Dam towers more than 700 feet above Black Canyon on the Arizona-Nevada state line, holding back the waters of the Colorado River. On top of the dam, where visitors peer down the graceful white arc of its face, one of its art deco-sty...
Lack of water efficiency funding undercuts fight against drought
With the current drought already impacting ...
Arizona’s current historic drought may be ‘baseline for the future’
Arizona and other Western states just lived through the driest year in more than a century, with no drought relief in sight in the near future, experts told a House panel Tuesday....
Some experts welcome alarm bells about Arizona groundwater
A new report warning Arizona’s urban area aquifers remain at risk from groundwater pumping is drawing praise from several water experts, including some who once worked for the state agency that enforces the law regulating pumping....
SRP reactivates underground water storage facility as drought persists in Arizona
Salt River Project has reopened its underground water storage system after a year of being closed, as 99% of the state is experiencing some level of drought....