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New USBR modeling shows substantial reduction in Mead, Powell risk over the next five years
The unusually wet winter (with an assist from new Colorado River Drought Contingency Plan water reduction rules) has substantially reduced the near-term scare-the-crap-out-of-me risks on the Colorado River for the next few years, according ...
Sky Harbor saves water, resources by swapping turf with xeriscape
A program to replace the green grass turf with native desert landscape around ...
Arizona water leaders honored
A monumental effort to protect Arizona’s share of the dwindling Colorado River was shepherded by two longtime state water officials: Tom Bushatzke, the director of the Arizona Department of Water Resources, and Ted Cooke, the general manage...
Newly created river flow on Santa Cruz seen as 'miracle' to some
What do you call a river in the desert, asked downtown-area resident Daryl Alderson as he sat on his bike along the freshly wetted Santa Cruz River just north of West Speedway. “A miracle. And this, in a sense, is a miracle,” said Alderson,...
Even after a rush of snow and rain, the thirsty Colorado River Basin is “not out of the woods yet”
Colorado’s water year has been extraordinary....