Navajo Nation goes to Supreme Court for access to parched Colorado River
After 20 years of fighting for the right to draw water from the Colorado River, Navajo Nation files lawsuit to the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday. Endangered by drought and overuse, the river flows along the Navajo border in northern Arizona. However, this tribe has never had the right to use that water on its […]
Farmers Can’t Keep Hogging the Water in Parched Southwest
Comments on this story comment Southern California’s lush lawns and green golf courses are emblematic of the Southwest’s desert dependence on the Colorado River. But they represent only a fraction of the demands placed on this important water resource during periods of both drought and good harvests. A much larger portion, 80%, comes from millions […]
Arizona lawmakers reject bid to bring water to parched Rio Verde Foothills
The Rio Verde Foothills have just lost the possibility of a water solution, but officials are looking for alternatives they say are the obvious choice. The unincorporated community north of Scottsdale, home to about 1,000 Arizonas, is now over two months old. without a reliable source of waterScottsdale previously sold water to a private water […]
