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Teamwork will be key to balancing the overcommitted Colorado RiverAlong with long-term drought and climate change, the overcommitment of the Colorado River is a big reason why Lake Mead has dropped to historic levels in recent years. Fixing it could be a big...
AZ Central
Lawmakers could stop Arizona's next water war. But will they?Opinion: Powerful interests are lining up to move water from river communities to Phoenix and Tucson. Those communities need a veto.
AZ Central
Phoenix is learning how hard it is to retrofit a water system. Other cities will, tooOpinion: Water projects have to go somewhere - and they come with a cost. The sooner cities can prepare residents for this new reality, the better.
AZ Central
How two guys buried the hatchet and helped Arizona sign a historic drought planOpinion: Think we're too polarized to do anything meaningful? Tom Buschatzke and Ted Cooke prove that even those who disagree can work together.
Arizona Daily Star
Arizona drops plan for takeover of federal Clean Water Act permittingFacing opposition from virtually everyone concerned about the issue, a state agency scrubbed plans to take over Clean Water Act permitting of the discharge and dumping of various materials into the...
Arizona Republic
Feds will review Colorado River rules, Interior boss says, with an eye on long-term risksFederal water managers are about to start reexamining a 12-year-old agreement among Western states that laid down rules for dealing with potential water shortages along the Colorado River.
Alliance for Water Efficiency
Are Our Water Efficiency Standards in Jeopardy?Last week President Trump announced at a Business Leader Roundtable Meeting that he has tasked the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to investigate the efficacy of water efficiency...
The Republic
US water chief praises Colorado River deal, sees challengesStates in the U.S. West that have agreed to begin taking less water next month from the drought-stricken Colorado River got praise and a push for more action Thursday from the nation’s top...
AZ Central
Water cutbacks set to begin under deal designed to ‘buy down risk’ on Colorado RiverArizona, Nevada and Mexico will start taking less water from the Colorado River in January as a hard-fought set of agreements kicks in to reduce the risk of reservoirs...
AZ Central
Notice the dry canal in Mesa and the East Valley? This is why it was empty for 6 weeksIf you've noticed that the usually flowing Central Arizona Project canal was dry the past six weeks, that should change starting Tuesday as the canal refills.
