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Despite the years-long drought on the Colorado River, Arizona is not facing the historic mandatory water restrictions being implemented in neighboring California, according to Thomas Buschatzke, director of the Arizona Department of Water Resources.
Buschatzke says Arizona is a leader in banking and conserving water as a means of avoiding extreme restriction measures.
“So we got on the conservation bandwagon long before any other Western state,” he points out. “I believe we’re the only Colorado River state that actually has everyday mandatory conservation programs.”
