“Arizona recognizes the serious condition of the Colorado River, and we are prepared to be part of a responsible solution,” Arizona State Senate President Warren Petersen said in a statement sent to The Center Square.
Arizona, California, and Nevada would take less water from the Colorado River under a federal proposal to stave off a crisis in the river. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation proposal announced Friday spares Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and Wyoming from…
The federal government is proposing cuts to water used by California, Arizona and Nevada, a major step toward figuring out the management of the dwindling Colorado River. The river provides water to states throughout the West, including drinking water and water for agricultural, industrial and munic…
Federal government plan outlines cuts to California, Arizona and Nevada but fix is likely to be only temporary The US government released its anxiously awaited plan for how to manage the Colorado river crisis on Friday, outlining cuts in water supplied to California, Arizona and Nevada.
Arizona and two other states would take less water from the Colorado River under a new proposal announced by the federal government. The proposal released on July 31 by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation says Arizona, California and Nevada could face collective cuts up to 3 million acre-feet through 203…
Federal regulators will drastically reduce Colorado River allocations to Lower Basin states, including Arizona, leaving Upper Basin states relatively unscathed. The post Arizona facing deep Colorado River cuts under ‘unacceptable’ federal plan first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
Arizona is one of the states that would take less water from the Colorado River under a proposal announced Friday. Arizona politicians reacted to the announcement.
The federal government is stepping in to try to resolve a two-year stalemate over how to make cuts to the amount of water used from the Colorado river. The Interior Department released a report on Friday, describing a preferred management plan for the Colorado River.
A new federal plan released Friday could mean cuts of up to 77% to Arizona’s share of Colorado River water, in the midst of a 25-year megadrought, something that state leaders say would cause catastrophic harm to the state’s economy.
