AZ CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING: Tribal water settlement aims to repair generations of exclusion Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting Colorado River July 23, 2025by Christopher Lomahquahu, Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting Guiding a Toyota pickup along a narrow dirt road south of Second...
NASA EARTH OBSERVATORY: Arizona’s declining groundwater NASA/JPL Colorado River July 21, 2025By NASA’s Earth Observatory By measuring the gravitational pull of water for more than two decades, NASA satellites have peered...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Arizona approves ‘Ag-to-Urban’ water conservation plan Courthouse News Service Colorado River June 30, 2025The bill will allow farmers to exchange land and water rights with urban developers to decrease water use and increase...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Arizona developments face lawsuit over federally reserved groundwater Courthouse News Service Colorado River June 20, 2025Conservationists demand that the state reevaluate the physical and legal availability of water taken by subdivisions from the San Pedro...
ASU: Squeezing every last drop out of desalination wastewater Arizona State University Water supply augmentation June 16, 2025Partnering with Nestlé, ASU is working to reduce the amount of briny waste left over from water desalination By Faith...
INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: Colorado River Basin aquifers are declining even more steeply than the river, new research shows Inside Climate News Colorado RiverGroundwater News June 3, 2025Overuse and climate change are rapidly depleting groundwater throughout the region, but aquifers are not part of the negotiations among...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Arizona ranchers ask Ninth Circuit to reopen wells shuttered for pumping Gila River water Courthouse News Service Colorado River February 5, 2025Instead of sealing four wells in 2023, the ranchers argue, a federal judge could have issued a less harsh injunction...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Arizona House takes step to defend Colorado River water Courthouse News Service Colorado River January 29, 2025The committee also voted in support of two bills that would allow groundwater pumping regulations in protected areas to be...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Arizona farmers oppose water regulations as land sinks beneath them Courthouse News Service Colorado RiverGroundwater News November 23, 2024Wine growers fear that an active water management area will stifle their economic growth without addressing the root causes of...
ASU: Climate change raises challenge to secure vital resource Arizona State University Colorado River September 12, 2024ASU researchers aiding efforts to keep Colorado River Basin water flowing in US Southwest and beyond By Joe Kullman, Arizona...
USBR: Innovative effort to restore native Apache trout gets a boost Bureau of Reclamation News Colorado River August 20, 2024From the Bureau of Reclamation: On the surface, stocking more of the invasive fish you are trying to remove might...
GRIST: Tribes could lease their water to dry states. Why is it so hard? Grist Colorado River May 16, 2024The Colorado River Indian Tribes can now lease water to non-Indigenous users along the drought-stricken river. Most nations can’t do...
COLORADO RIVER BOARD OF CA: Arizona, California, Nevada Propose New Approach for Post-2026 Colorado River Operations Colorado River Board of California Colorado River March 6, 2024Alternative addresses the impacts of drought and climate change through a holistic and sustainable approach to the coordinated operations of...
ASPEN JOURNALISM: Lower basin water managers say it’s time to fix their supply/demand problem Aspen Journalism Colorado River December 15, 2023Colorado has long pushed for recognition of overuse By Heather Sackett, Aspen Journalsim Representatives from two lower basin states on...
INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: Feds Bet on Paying for Water Conservation to Protect the Colorado River Inside Climate News Colorado RiverPolicy and regulation November 7, 2023Arizona and other states have agreed to use considerably less water from the river through 2026, thanks in part to...
