According to the Bible, on the second day God gathered the waters so that dry land would appear. Before that time all was surface water. Surface water was all…
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Water issues likely will take a back seat to tax cuts, education reform, and challenges to unfunded federal mandates in the 1995 session of Arizona's 42nd…
Arizona will be participating in a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency national survey of drinking water systems, set to begin this fall. The EPA study is to…
"A fish out of water" is a figure of speech expressing incongruity. At first sight, "Fish farming in the desert" might seem to express a similar sense of…
The Arizona legislature has created a Water Protection Fund administered by a 15-member Commission. Appointments to the Commission are made by the Governor,…
Harvesting the Desert Waters "A fish out of water" is a figure of speech expressing incongruity. At first sight, "Fish farming in the desert" might seem to…
A classic controversy is being played out in the Sierra Vista area as officials grapple with a trio of issues growth, water and the preservation of the San…
Proclaimrng that "we don't just want Arizona's water, we want its ideas (on wate management) as well," Nevada state senator Mark James convened an April 20…
After five years of debt negotiations between officials of New Magma Irrigation and Drainage District and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, NMIDD filed for…
Conserve, reuse and augment sunimarize Arizona's strategy to meet new water needs and reduce its reliance on dwindling groundwater reserves. Of the strategic…
Land plowed, fertilized, and irrigated obviously is useful land, with purpose and value. No longer farmed and lying fallow, that same land may be barren or…
Conserve, reuse and augment summarize Arizona's strategy to meet new water needs and reduce its reliance on dwindling groundwater reserves. Of the strategic…
News stories tend to occur in clusters, with several stories about a particular topic suddenly appearing. For example, a number of news stories about fish…
Tecumseh, Shawnee Chief, expressed bewilderment that intruding whites expected Indians to sell land. "Sell a country!" he exclaimed, "Why not sell the air, the…
