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Two efforts to regulate groundwater use in Arizona's rural communities could have long-ranging consequences, depending on what happens next.
Rural Arizona needs the power to manage our own groundwater, county supervisors say, not let those with the deepest wells pump everyone else dry. Rural Arizona is facing a water crisis. Yet for 3 ...
Amid worsening water shortages in the Southwest, investors are seeking big profits by buying farms and moving water to fast-growing cities. Investors are buying up rural Arizona farmland to sell ...
This isn't the first time Arizona has had issues with water, as seen in the Arizona v. California Supreme Court case in 1952 that disputed water use from the Colorado River's lower basin. The use of energy and water go hand in hand as a large portion of the state's available energy is used for irrigation with Arizona being a desert state. [1 ...
The Council is composed of members that are key community leaders in land conservation, water management, environmental enhancement, and community development. They are a steering committee and action team to implement community-driven strategic long-range plans to improve the quality of life in the communities in the RC&D Area.
Mark Wilmer Pumping Plant. The CAP delivers Colorado River water, either directly or by exchange, into central and Southern Arizona.The project was envisioned to provide water to nearly one million acres (405,000 hectares) of irrigated agricultural land areas in Maricopa, Pinal, and Pima counties, as well as municipal water for several Arizona communities, including the metropolitan areas of ...
The mission statement of the Arizona State Land Department is to manage state trust lands and resources to enhance value and optimize economic return for the trust beneficiaries, consistent with sound stewardship, conservation, and business management principles supporting socioeconomic goals for citizens here today and generations yet to come.
Plans to develop the desert west of Phoenix outstrip the water available to the area, a newly released report from Arizona’s Department of Water Resources shows. Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs (D) on ...