Issues and News
Where we stand on the issues
Smart water policy and careful planning, investment, and management have enabled AMWUA’s members to build robust, reliable water supplies that support our communities and economy. It is imperative that we continue to address the issues in front of us to ensure the future viability of those supplies. Learn more about some of the issues we are working on:
Water Security: The Foundation of Arizona’s Success
Arizona’s impressive economic growth and vibrant communities rely on one crucial element: water security. This essential resource allows our desert ci...
Colorado River Shortage
Levels at Lake Mead are rapidly dropping, in part, because the water stored in this reservoir is over allocated to the states that share it. This puts...
Storing Water for Our Resilience
Water security is the foundation of our thriving desert communities. We can’t take our water supplies for granted, which is why AMWUA cities constantl...
Where we stand on Legislation
2024 - Fifty-sixth Legislature - Second Regular Session
Arizona Senate
Arizona House
AMWUA Press Room
Can Lake Powell and Lake Mead Be Saved? The Ideas Reshaping the Debate
With negotiations over future Colorado River operations still unresolved and water levels at Lake Mead and Lake Powell remaining far below historical norms, policymakers, water managers and researchers are continuing to examine a range of p...
Lake Powell reaching critically low elevation levels, nearing 'dead power pool,' experts say
Lake Powell, the second-largest reservoir in the U.S., is nearing critically low water elevation levels, the latest data shows....
Scottsdale is defending its water future in the face of big Colorado River cuts
The city of Scottsdale and its water future has been in the headlines a lot lately, from its on-again, off-again plans to get highly treated wastewater directly to your tap to its reliance on Colorado River water amid what are likely to be ...
What Happens If Lake Mead Runs Dry
Lake Mead is currently approaching levels where dead pool becomes a concern, in which water levels are so low that it can no longer flow downstream. With drought worsened by climate change drawing more water out of the Colorado River, feder...
AZ cities banked Colorado River water for decades. How much will they be allowed to get back?
The Arizona Water Banking Authority and Valley cities are in disagreement about how a pool of underground Colorado River water should be shared. City representatives and Water Bank commissioners shed light on some of their differences in a ...
Water is essential for life
It supplies food, generates energy, and creates jobs. The wellbeing of our communities and economies depends on it. In a desert, we are acutely aware that we must continue to plan, invest, and develop forward-thinking policy today to ensure safe, reliable, and sustainable water supplies for the future.
