ADWR News Article Archive
Published: Fri, 01/24/2020
In December, the Bar’s environmental section honored Ken Slowinski, Chief Counsel of the Arizona Department of Water Resources, with its prestigious Michael J. Brophy Distinguished Service Award.
Published: Thu, 01/16/2020
Water news in Arizona and the Southwest in 2019 certainly wasn’t limited entirely to the big signing of the Colorado River system-wide Drought Contingency Plan in May.
Published: Fri, 12/13/2019
New Water Bank website designed with the user in mind
Published: Thu, 12/05/2019
Funding opportunity for projects dedicated to Conserving Arizona groundwater now accepting applications
Published: Fri, 11/22/2019
ADWR Drought Recommendations for Winter
Published: Thu, 11/07/2019
ADWR hydrologists on November 1 presented a detailed outline of Department's updated model run for the Pinal Active Management Area numeric groundwater flow model.
Published: Wed, 10/02/2019
In several respects, the big environmental winner this year in the Southwest has been in the realm of water
Published: Thu, 09/19/2019
So, it really was a news scoop. That was revealed in the morning. A regular… morning scoop.
Published: Fri, 06/21/2019
In the short-term, Arizona, California and virtually the entire Southwest are free of drought but long-term drought alleviation is a different animal
Published: Thu, 06/13/2019
ADWR Director Buschatzke recently described the lessons that he said needed to be learned from the long, complicated Drought Contingency Plan negotiations
Published: Fri, 05/31/2019
The Arizona Department of Water Resources is taking action now to lessen the risks to the public of open wells. And it is acting fast
Published: Thu, 05/23/2019
Nearly six years in the making, the system-wide CO River Drought Contingency Plan to protect the integrity of the drought-stricken river system is in effect
Published: Wed, 05/15/2019
This year? A tougher call. But, in the end, a single cold, wet winter does not make Arizona drought-free
Published: Thu, 05/02/2019
Former Arizona Department of Water Resources Director and prominent water-rights attorney Elizabeth “Betsy” Rieke passed away on March 28 at her home in Seattle
Published: Thu, 05/02/2019
ADWR releases a new Open Data Portal which is a more consumer-friendly means of retrieving the Department’s spatial datasets and web applications
Published: Fri, 04/19/2019
After enduring more than 19 years of lingering drought in the Southwest and its implications for the Colorado River system, we think not
Published: Fri, 04/12/2019
In the end, it was the speed propelling the legislation through Congress that proved most stunning to observers
Published: Fri, 03/29/2019
Support in Congress for the Colorado River Drought Contingency Plans took a big step forward this week
Published: Fri, 03/22/2019
On Tuesday, Colorado River Basin states submitted drought plans to Congress while the Commissioner of Reclamation rescinded their notice in the Federal Register
Published: Thu, 03/14/2019
The latest interactive tool added to the Arizona Department of Water Resources web site – the Grandfathered Right Web Map system – is now up and running