Alex Hager
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New Colorado River rules start Oct. 1, but questions linger about Arizona water cutbacks (opens the original)
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New rules for the Colorado River officially go into effect on Thursday, but they won't bring changes to Arizona's water quite yet. The state is still working on a three-way deal with California and Nevada to spread out the pain of water cutbacks. Arizona's water cuts will become official on Jan. 1, 2027, and Arizona's top water negotiator told KJZZ he's "very optimistic" about progress on the three-state deal that must be signed by then. To understand the complicated timeline for new water rules
Snow is critical for Arizona's water, this study found that measurements can vary wildly (opens the original)
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When water managers in Arizona are trying to plan for how much water they’ll get from rivers and reservoirs, they look to the mountain snow. A new study compares different programs for measuring that snow, and found that they produce wildly different estimates. The study, published in the journal Water Resources Research, mostly found problems with long-term models, and said most water managers in the Southwest are using more accurate systems for predicting the amount of water in reservoirs in t
Birders at Phoenix Tres Rios Wetlands recently spotted a bird that is almost never seen in Arizona (opens the original)
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In a quiet corner of southwest Phoenix, a rare visitor rested his wings. Earlier this month, birders marveled at a surprise appearance by a wood stork, a bird that is almost never seen in Arizona. Photos of the wading bird, with its white feathers, spindly legs and long, orange beak, made the rounds on social media. The stork was spotted at Tres Rios Wetlands in Phoenix, a unique 700-acre section of wet, marshy habitat created with cleaned-up discharge from a nearby wastewater treatment plant. T
Amazon will spend millions to help save Colorado River water (opens the original)
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It’ll take a lot of money to help save water from the shrinking Colorado River. Now, Amazon is helping foot the bill. The ecommerce giant announced that it would send $20 million to water-saving projects in Arizona and California, kicking off a new longer-term effort to rally money for water conservation. The company formed a new coalition, dubbed the “Colorado River Basin Collaborative,” which collectively aims to spend $100 million on water conservation across two years. “Companies that benefi
These business groups want $2 billion of federal funds for Colorado River projects (opens the original)
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Business groups across the West are calling on the federal government to give at least $2 billion for Colorado River projects. Dozens of chambers of commerce sent a letter to Congress asking for money that would help "ensure long-term water, food, and energy security" for the businesses, farms, and cities that depend on the river. The Colorado River supplies nearly 40 million people across seven states, and its supplies are severely depleted after more than two decades of drought and climate cha
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