Nevada commission recommends judicial training in water issues
Water law is complex, involving old laws governing increasingly limited resources. Aware that few judges are trained in this area, a Nevada commission is looking at judicial training, updates to the...
Western agencies, providers sign on to Colorado River protections
More than 30 water providers and agencies serving Colorado River compact states have signed and delivered a Memorandum of Understanding to the Bureau of Reclamation. The MOU lists actions that the...
One of two groundwater-related initiatives approved in Arizona
At least one of two ballot initiatives to regulate rural groundwater in southern Arizona may have passed. If passed, an "active management area" will be created in the Douglas Basin which will...
DOI proposes new operating guidelines for Colorado River system
The Department of Interior wants to revise operating guidelines to save the Colorado River system. The public will have until December 20 to comment on the notice of intent and supplemental...
Colorado River Crisis: AZ Sen. Kelly wants CA to do more or have Salton Sea funding withheld
California needs to commit to more long-term conservation of Colorado River water or face having Salton Sea funds withheld, Arizona Senator Mark Kelly tells the Department of Interior.
Arizona citizens test ability to regulate groundwater pumping
Despite ballot mix-ups, rural Arizona voters will weigh in this year on whether they want their groundwater to be regulated under "active management areas."
