Mohave County leaders ask state to help safeguard declining groundwater
Mohave County may again seek to designate the Hualapai Valley Groundwater Basin as an irrigation non-expansion area, allowing for the regulation of new irrigation wells. /City of Kingman file photo By Ian James | Arizona Republic Mohave County’s elected leaders want Arizona water regulators to step in and prohibit the expansion of irrigated farmlands in […]
Read More →EPCOR/Johnson Utilities update at ACC
San Tan Valley News During an update from Johnson Utilities, LLC, the company’s Interim Manager, EPCOR, informed the Arizona Corporation Commission that the design of a third vessel for the Ion Exchange has begun. This vessel will increase production by 500 gallons per minute at the Main Yard facility. The vessel is expected to be […]
Read More →Regional News: Newsom seeks peace with Trump in California water wars. Enviros are ready to fight
The Environmental Protection Agency has blamed the homeless crisis in California for failing to stop water pollution. Photograph: /Frederic J Brown/AFP/Getty Images By Ryan Sabalow, Dale Kasler and Sophia Bollag | Sacramento Bee Two months ago, Gov. Gavin Newsom seemed poised to file yet another suit against President Donald Trump — this time, over a […]
Read More →Rare talks to avoid lawsuit may pit Fort Huachuca jobs vs. San Pedro water needs
Cut down trees at the San Pedro River crossing at the US-Mexico border on Feb. 3, 2020 as border wall construction begins over the river. /Photo: Courtesy of Jeff Sturges By Tony Davis | Arizona Daily Star Fort Huachuca and environmentalists are willing to hold rare negotiations to avoid another lawsuit, potentially pitting the preservation […]
Read More →NAU researchers develop new way to protect Grand Canyon water
Natalie Jones, a research technician partially funded by NAU and the National Park Service. By Scott Buffon |Arizona Daily Sun The Grand Canyon National Park has only one source of drinking water, and despite how important that water is for the 6 million people who visited the park last year, no one is quite sure […]
Read More →Guest Column: Arizona’s budget must reflect our water challenges
The Arizona Dept. of Water Resources suffered deep budget cuts following the Great Recession that continue to constrain its operations and, perhaps more importantly, its ability to ensure long-term, reliable water supplies to support Arizona’s economy. By Ellen O’Brien & Christopher Kuzdas | Arizona Capitol Times (Editor’s note: Opinion pieces are published for discussion purposes only.) […]
Read More →Pinal groundwater model in the works
By Suzanne Adams-Ockrassa | Casa Grande Dispatch Local water stakeholders got an update on plans for a separate and more detailed groundwater model for parts of Pinal County Wednesday morning from the Pinal Partnership organization. The Eloy and Maricopa-Stanfield Basin model is being created by a collaboration between Pinal Partnership, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, […]
Read More →Bill would block transfers of Colorado River water from rural areas to growing cities
Colorado River Sunset, Glen Canyon Dam,/ By Romain Guy By Ian James | Arizona Republic A company’s proposal to take water from farmland along the Colorado River and sell it to a growing Phoenix suburb has provoked a heated debate, and some Arizona legislators are trying to block the deal with a bill that would […]
Read More →Arizona’s water system for suburban growth heads toward ‘train wreck,’ Babbitt says
By Tony Davis | Arizona Daily Star A water management district created by a 1993 state law that allowed massive subdivisions to spread into the outer suburbs of Tucson and Phoenix is now heading for a “train wreck,” warns former Arizona Governor and Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt. Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers, who like Babbitt […]
Read More →REGIONAL NEWS: EPA water rule change called disastrous for New Mexico
Rio Grande running near San Antonio, N.M. (It’s even higher now than when this picture was snapped a week or so ago./ Laura Paskus By Danielle Prokop | Santa Fe New Mexican A majority of New Mexico’s waterways and wetlands will lose federal pollution protections under the Environmental Protection Agency’s final “U.S. Waters” rule unveiled […]
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