NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Southwest Water Leaders Sign MOU to Explore Framework for Interstate Exchanges Ceremony highlights commitment to explore future water supply agreements across state lines June 3, 2026 – Today, the Bureau of Reclamation and agencies in California, Nevada and Arizona signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) at the Claude “Bud” Lewis …
Phoenix, AZ — Families looking for some fun activities this weekend can head to Steele Indian School Park for the Arizona Water Awareness Month Festival, a free, interactive event where kids and adults can explore water through hands-on activities, games, and immersive experiences.
Phoenix, AZ — Families looking for some fun activities this weekend can head to Steele Indian School Park for the Arizona Water Awareness Month Festival, a free, interactive event where kids and adults can explore water through hands-on activities, games, and immersive experiences.
Phoenix, AZ — Throughout the negotiations of the post-2026 operating guidelines for the Colorado River, Arizona and its Lower Basin partners have offered numerous, good-faith compromises to the representatives of the Upper Basin states. In that time, virtually all of them have been rejected.
Phoenix, AZ — Today, Governor Hobbs released her FY 2027 Executive Budget, which funds critical ADWR programs and efforts, including water conservation, consumptive use reductions, infrastructure upgrades, supply augmentation, and other shortage mitigation efforts.
PHOENIX- Today, the Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR) published a notice that it will hold a public hearing to present factual data and receive comments and evidence on whether the Director should designate an active management area within the boundaries of the Willcox Groundwater Basin in Cochise and Graham Counties (Proposed AMA).
Beginning the week of January 12th, 2026, and continuing for several months, ADWR field services staff will be making an extensive effort to measure water levels in wells in the Willcox, Douglas, San Bernardino Valley and San Simon Basins.
Phoenix, AZ — The Arizona Water Protection Fund Commission (Commission) is proud to announce that Rolando Flores, councilmember of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe, has been appointed to the Commission by the Inter Tribal Council of Arizona on February 21.
PRESS STATEMENT The current status of Colorado River negotiations: A statement from the seven Colorado River Basin States, the Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Reclamation The seven Colorado River Basin states together with the Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Reclamation recognize the serious and ongoing challenges facing the Colorado …
Today Governor Katie Hobbs signed a proclamation celebrating the first implementation of the new “Alternative Designation of Assured Water Supply Program,” commemorating a new pathway for increasing Arizona’s housing supply while at the same time maintaining the vital consumer protections of the State’s landmark Groundwater Management Act.
Phoenix, AZ — The Arizona Water Protection Fund Commission (Commission) is proud to announce that Rolando Flores, councilmember of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe, has been appointed to the Commission by the Inter Tribal Council of Arizona on February 21.
Phoenix, AZ — The Arizona Water Protection Fund Commission (Commission) is proud to announce that Rolando Flores, councilmember of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe, has been appointed to the Commission by the Inter Tribal Council of Arizona on February 21.
The annual Water Awareness Month Festival sponsored jointly by the Arizona Department of Water Resources and the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality and scheduled this year at Wesley Bolin Plaza in Phoenix, has been canceled.
PHOENIX- Members of Arizona’s Congressional delegation from both sides of the aisle have led the way in reintroducing legislation to ratify and fund the historic Northeastern Arizona Indian Water Rights Settlement Agreement.
Beginning the week of March 3, 2025, and continuing through April 2025, Arizona Department of Water Resources field services staff will make an extensive effort to measure water levels in wells within several groundwater basins in Southern Arizona.
Phoenix, AZ — The Arizona Water Protection Fund Commission (Commission) is proud to announce that Rolando Flores, councilmember of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe, has been appointed to the Commission by the Inter Tribal Council of Arizona on February 21.
PHOENIX- Today, the Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR) published a notice that it will hold a public hearing to present factual data and receive comments and evidence on whether the Director should designate an active management area within the boundaries of the Willcox Groundwater Basin in Cochise and Graham Counties (Proposed AMA).
PHOENIX- Today, the Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR) published a notice that it will hold a public hearing to present factual data and receive comments and evidence on whether the Director should designate an active management area within the boundaries of the Willcox Groundwater Basin in Cochise and Graham Counties (Proposed AMA).
Beginning the week of March 11, 2024, and scheduled to continue for multiple months, Arizona Department of Water Resources field services staff will be making an extensive effort to measure water levels in wells in the NW Groundwater Basins.
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