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$1.2 trillion infrastructure package: what it means for CAPPresident Joe Biden’s recent signing of a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill will likely have significant impacts on the Colorado River and impending drought in the...
Nevada Independent
States are funding a plan to keep Colorado River water in Lake Mead. What will it do?Since August, top water officials in each state have been negotiating further reductions in a new plan, known as the 500+ Plan. As with many things on the Colorado River, the plan is voluntary...
Arizona Republic
With cutbacks imminent, Arizona and other states scramble to save Colorado River waterThe Colorado River's worsening water supply outlook has led Arizona, California and Nevada to commit at least $100 million over the next two years to reduce consumption dramatically and...
LA Times
California, Arizona and Nevada in talks on new plan to save Colorado River waterTwo and a half years after signing a deal aimed at averting a damaging crisis along the Colorado River, water officials from California, Arizona and Nevada are discussing plans to take even less...
Washington Post
Opinion: Maybe luscious green grass doesn’t belong in a drought-stricken ArizonaSix years ago, I traded a house with a big grassy yard for one landscaped with gravel and cactuses. I’ve held on to the memories of tea time on the lawn with my daughter and our barefoot...
KTAR
Here’s what Arizona is allocated under $1T infrastructure billPresident Joe Biden is set to sign a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill Monday that will allocate plenty of money to Arizona.
Arizona Republic
Arizona better get cracking if we want cash for water in the infrastructure billOpinion: The federal infrastructure bill is a giant opportunity for Arizona to stop talking about water augmentation and finally do more about it.
Arizona Republic
How much groundwater is rural Arizona using? NASA satellites could give us a better answerOpinion: OpenET is not a silver bullet. But it could help farmers and rural communities more proactively manage what, for many, is their singular water source.
Arizona Republic
It could take at least 500,000 acre-feet of water a year to keep Lake Mead from tankingOpinion: If the Lower Basin states agree to keep this much water in Lake Mead this quickly, it would be an amazing feat of regional cooperation.
Arizona Capitol Times
Managing, conserving water a continual priorityOPINION: Cities recognize that conditions on the Colorado River are serious and that the evolving situation will most likely...
