Cochise voters’ historic groundwater decision holds on
The groundbreaking establishment of an active management area in the Douglas Basin seemed doomed to be scrapped last week. Voters in the Cochise County Groundwater Basin had approved the establishment of a new groundwater management system in 2022, but last week county election officials reviewed a petition calling for the election to be abolished. They […]
Pima County asks state to quickly determine if we have enough groundwater
Pima County regulator urges Arizona Water Department to expedite investigation into whether Tucson area groundwater supply is large enough to support all anticipated subdivision development over the next 100 years ing. The oversight board voted three-to-one on Tuesday to follow a request by Democratic director Matt Heinz to send a letter to the Arizona Department […]
‘Dead Without Water’: Massive Desert Solar Projects Are Sucking Up Groundwater, Angering Locals
Large-scale solar power development projects in Southern California are straining local water availability, threatening desert ecosystems and being impacted by tight water supplies, according to a report by Inside Climate News. causing anger among residents. Small communities around Desert Center, California rely on naturally occurring groundwater reservoirs known as groundwater aquifers, but water-intensive development processes […]
Can Phoenix grow without groundwater? Only if the price is right
Phoenix, Arizona faces not one but two water crises. About a third of the water in desert cities comes from people in distress. Colorado River. Cities will lose much of their supply in the coming years as rivers dry up and states face a crisis thanks to decades of severe drought caused by climate change. […]
Groundwater shortage halts news housing construction around Phoenix
Phoenix, Arizona faces not one but two water crises. About a third of the desert city’s water comes from the stricken Colorado River. The city will lose much of its supply in the coming years as rivers dry up and the state faces water outages thanks to decades of severe drought caused by climate change. […]
Groundwater shortage pauses housing construction in Arizona
Arizona is stepping up groundwater use and pausing construction in parts of its fast-growing cities to correct water overallocation. Years in the making, a new model shows the availability of groundwater in the Phoenix Active Management Area (AMA). AMAs It covers an area of ​​5,600 square miles and has 4.6 million inhabitants. The Arizona Department […]
The Phoenix area can no longer grow on groundwater. What does this mean for Arizona?
Last week, Governor Hobbs and the Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR) released a new analysis of groundwater in the Phoenix metropolitan area.The news spread all over the country headline I question the potential for future development in this area. But what does this new analysis really mean for Arizona? What does this new analysis […]
Massive winter storms bring Bay Area groundwater back to pre-drought levels
Wednesday, May 31, 2023, at The Page Recharge Pond in Campbell, California. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group) Anyone driving around the Bay Area can see how the heavy rains that flooded California this winter filled local reservoirs after three years of severe drought. deaf. However, wet winters have replenished underground aquifers, an equally (if […]
State won’t issue groundwater permits for new construction near Phoenix | News
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Arizona to restrict some new construction in fast-growing areas of Phoenix reliant on groundwater | Ap
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona is building new homes on the fast-growing edge of the Phoenix metropolitan area, which is dependent on groundwater after years of overuse and decades of drought have depleted its water supply. will not approve. At a press conference on Thursday, Gov. Katie Hobbs announced a moratorium on new construction affecting some […]
