Federal proposals being considered could slash Central Arizona Project water deliveries — which Tucson uses to supply drinking water — by abou…
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Tony graduated from Northwestern University and started at the Star in 1997. He has mostly covered environmental stories since 2005, focusing on water supplies, climate change, the Rosemont Mine and the endangered jaguar.
The Upper Colorado River Basin snowpack is at the lowest levels in at least three decades, raising the prospect of near-record-low runoff this spring into Lake Powell. That's likely to ratchet up conflicts in the seven-state negotiations over the Colorado Rover's future, a longtime water expert says.
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs told reporters Monday that while she doesn’t expect a seven-state agreement will be reached by the month's deadline, a 5-year deal for Colorado River water use cuts is possible among the states.
By Alysa Horton of Cronkite News and Tony Davis of the Arizona Daily Star
Arizona and Colorado officials are building war chests for possible future litigation over Colorado River water rights even as the states try to negotiate an agreement .
No matter which alternative the federal government picks to manage the depleted Colorado River, there's a very good chance of severely bad con…
The U.S. government may have to impose a Colorado River management plan on the states, Arizona's water chief said Friday.
The Lower Basin states would take a disproportionate share of water-use cuts proposed in a new U.S. report on the Colorado River, experts say.
Attorney General Kris Mayes says her new agreement with a mega-dairy company will cut groundwater pumping in Southeast Arizona's Willcox Basin…