Farmers and ranchers receive marginal drought improvements
Some areas have been drenched lately, but the latest American Farmers Federation drought survey shows that there is still long road to recoverySixty percent of the western, southwestern, and central plains of the United States are classified as having a D1 (moderate) drought or higher, severely impacting agricultural production and commodities. in dangercould impact consumers […]
Arizona suburb water supply cut off offers cautionary tale during continued drought
Sarah Porter, director of the Kyl Center for Water Policy at Arizona State University, explains why neighborhoods in Arizona were cut off from water and why this is an isolated incident. Scottsdale, Arizona – for years, Arizonaof the Rio Verde Foothills suburb purchased water from the city of Scottsdale, which was trucked in. January 1, […]
Director of Arizona Department of Water Resources looking at state’s drought impacts
Howard FisherCapitol Media Services PHOENIX — Tom Buschatzke says it’s not wrong to freeze new development in Buckeye, Arizona and surrounding areas due to a lack of groundwater as canary coal mines. But the director of the State Water Resources Department said the early warning to Arizonans from the Canaries actually first occurred three years […]
Scottsdale, Arizona, cuts off water to suburb in response to Colorado River drought
Arizona will lose the most of its annual quota around the Colorado River at 592,000 acre feet, or 21%, in this series of logging. Arizona Water Resources Director Tom Buschatzke explains what this means. Residents of the community at the foot of Scottsdale Arizonasay they are on the verge of running out of water supplies […]
Data shows drought over in Yavapai County
Much of Yavapai County is now free from the drought, but conditions remain unusually dry. Drought hit 41,407 people, or 19.6 percent, in the county last month, according to the National Integrated Drought Information System. 2022 was his 42nd driest year in the last 128 years. Much of the county is currently in what is […]
Drought conditions are improving in Arizona | News
Tucson (KVOA) – It takes years to recover from drought. Tucson is looking to recover from a lack of monsoons in 2020, even after nearly breaking records in 2021 and above average in 2022. Tucson finally started seeing relief when parts of Pima County were removed from the drought designation earlier last month. “It’s going […]