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Staff members of the Arizona Department of Water Resources recently were treated to a lively, enlightening hour-and-a-half conversation with… themselves.

The Arizona Department of Water Resources, along with the Central Arizona Project and the Salt River Project, led a tour of vital Arizona water systems for U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum

Panelists spoke to the important water and power supply priorities necessary to ensure that Arizona remain both competitive and environmentally sustainable.

Mark O’Malley of the National Weather Service told the Drought Interagency Coordinating Group (ICG) that a relatively mild “La Nina” condition in the eastern Pacific Ocean could usher in those hotter and drier conditions to Arizona this winter.

Beginning at the tail end of the Southwestern “monsoon” season, warm sea surface waters and a favorable atmospheric pattern began supporting organized tropical development in the eastern Pacific. 

Governor Katie Hobbs signed a proclamation on Tuesday, Oct. 7, celebrating the first implementation of the new “Alternative Designation of Assured Water Supply Program,” commemorating a new pathway for increasing Arizona’s housing supply.

It is helpful, for example, to know how to change a pickup truck tire. It is even more helpful to be prepared should that truck break down miles from a service center.

Ben sat down with Arizona Water News recently to talk about the fruits of his Ag to Urban efforts.

The Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR) has determined that applications submitted by the City of Buckeye and the Town of Queen Creek to transport groundwater from certain lands within the Harquahala Irrigation Non-Expansion Area (INA) meet the statutory requirements for transportation. 

On June 2, the Kyl Center for Water Policy posted a Colorado River Update that suggests AZ and CA have been remiss in their conservation efforts this year.