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Federal Wildfire Legislation Introduced

Western states are facing extreme drought and chances of widlfire. Senators Feinstein, Padilla and Wyden and Congressman Jimmy Panetta introduced the Wildfire Emergency Act of 2021 . The...

Water Banking: Large Recharge Project Reopening at Granite Reef

SRP announced that it will be bringing the Granite Reef Underground Storage Project back into operation this month. GRUSP is one of Arizona's largest water-banking facilities and one of the...

A New Normal? Colorado Offers Impressive Drought Info Portal

"The new normal. What exactly does that mean? Ask a Colorado farmer and you are likely to hear a common word: dry," reads the agricultural "drought stories" section of an interactive information...

Upper Colorado River States Look at Drought Response Plan

The Upper Colorado River Commission ("the Commission") has announced that it is reviewing its drought response plan. The news came after the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) released its May...

New Colorado River Basin Map Released

A new interactive map of the Colorado River basin has been released by the Babbit Center for Land and Water Policy.

Decorative Grass May Be Banned in Southern Nevada

Las Vegas' local Fox News 5 reports that the state senate has passed a bill that would ban "decorative grass" irrigated with Colorado River water in southern Nevada. Decorative grasses are found...

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Since 1995, Deborah has owned and operated LegalTech LLC with a focus on water rights. Before moving to Arizona in 1986, she worked as a quality control analyst for Honeywell and in commercial real estate, both in Texas. She learned about Arizona's water rights from the late and great attorney Michael Brophy of Ryley, Carlock & Applewhite. Her side interests are writing (and reading), Wordpress programming and much more.

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Deborah on Storms drench the southwest as drought map shiftsOctober 12, 2025
Thanks for the comment! These storms have been amazing, but I worry about the damages that people suffer from basically…
Deborah on California’s first solar canal project completedOctober 12, 2025
I agree. It seems to me this would also cut down on evaporation issues and debris getting into the system,…
ivy on Storms drench the southwest as drought map shiftsOctober 12, 2025
Thank you for your commitment to keeping this site current during the government shut down. I think that was a…
ivy on California’s first solar canal project completedOctober 12, 2025
This sounds like a good thing. I'd love to see it expanded and also see the data once it has…
Helen Ck on Researchers say Colorado River storage faces critical year aheadSeptember 18, 2025
This situation will make the script of CHINATOWN read like a rom-com. It's likely to get ugly.