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AZ Central
Verde River Exchange Program Saved Almost 10 Millions GallonsA community-based water offset program seeks to help sustain the Verde River and ignite a conversation about water sustainability. And it's working.
PBS
Arizona faces Colorado River water cutbacksFor the first time ever, Arizona, New Mexico and Mexico will have to take less water from the Colorado River next year. The cuts were ordered by the Bureau of Reclamation under an agreement signed...
Associated Press
Climate change threatens Colorado River despite wet winterSnow swamped mountains across the U.S. West last winter, likely fending off mandated water shortages next year for states that rely on the Colorado River.
AZ Central
First-ever mandatory water cutbacks will kick in next year along the Colorado RiverArizona, Nevada and Mexico will be required to take less water from the Colorado River for the first time next year under a set of agreements that aim to keep enough water in Lake Mead to reduce...
Environmental Defense Fund Blog
New Lake Mead forecast spares Arizona – for now. Here are four critical steps to water securityArizona just got another temporary reprieve from water cuts in Lake Mead, for the second year in a row. However, sustainable water management — of both the Colorado River and groundwater...
Phoenix New Times
So Fresh, So Clean: How Scottsdale Wants to Purify Your Ideas on Recycled WaterEvery time Preston Thoeny brews a batch, he needs 1,000 gallons of water to make about 350 gallons of beer. If he could, he’d use solely recycled water — water that was previously used,...
Arizona Republic
UA study confirms groundwater pumping is drying up Arizona riversGroundwater pumping has caused stream flow in U.S. rivers to decline by as much as half over the last century, according to new research by a University of Arizona hydrologist that strengthens the...
KJZZ
As Southwest Water Managers Grapple With Climate Change, Can A ‘Grand Bargain’ Work?Water managers on the Colorado River are facing a unique moment. With a temporary fix to the river’s scarcity problem recently completed, talk has begun to turn toward future agreements to...
Your Valley
Water in the desert: Glendale plans for sustainability during droughtEven as one of its main sources of water drops into uncertainty and climate change alters Arizona’s water landscape, the long-term future of Glendale’s water supply is on sure footing,...
AZ Central
OPINION: Securing Arizona's water future: The next 4 important stepsArizona, the other six Colorado River Basin states, and the federal Bureau of Reclamation secured a major victory for the health of the Colorado River this spring by completing the Drought...
