Arizona Officials Approve First-of-Its-Kind Rural Water Transfer

Tribal water settlement aims to repair generations of exclusion

Tribal water settlement aims to repair generations of exclusion is reporting published by Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting, Arizona's only nonprofit newsroom dedicated to statewide investigative reporting. The Northeastern Arizona Indian Water Rights Settlement Act would resolve decades of legal disputes and devote $5 billion to delivering Colorado River water to tribes in northeastern Arizona. For the Hopi and Navajo, the promise of a…

State to transfer rural water to Queen Creek

PHOENIX — State water officials on Friday approved the first-ever legal transfer of water from rural Arizona into one of the state’s “active management areas’’ that have restrictions on growth.

State approves historic rural-to-urban water transfer

PHOENIX — State water officials on July 18 approved the first-ever legal transfer of water from rural Arizona into one of the state's "active management areas" that have restrictions on growth.

Arizona approves water transfer to rural areas for new construction

Key Points: Arizona approves first-ever water transfer from rural Arizona to active management areas Buckeye is now allowed to withdraw nearly 6,000 acre-feet of water from Harquahala basin Transfer will serve over 17,000 homes in Buckeye for 110 years State water officials approved the first-ever legal transfer of water from rural Arizona into one of the state’s “active management areas” on July 18. The Department of Water Resources will per…

Arizona officials approve first-of-its-kind rural water transfer

PHOENIX — State water officials on Friday approved the first-ever legal transfer of water from rural Arizona into one of the state's "active management areas" that have restrictions on growth.

Reclamation invests almost $200M in water reuse in the Colorado River Basin – The Standard Newspaper

The Bureau of Reclamation is investing approximately $200 million in water reuse projects in Arizona and Utah as part of a continued commitment to developing long-term sustainability in the Colorado River Basin.