Environment

The draft spells out funding and legislative changes to allow Arizona to implement its Drought Contingency Plan.

They have less than three weeks to review and approve a Drought Contingency Plan.

This goes beyond overflowing trash bins and toilets.

Demands from developers also threatened the precarious progress of Arizona’s Drought Contingency Plan.

The money would go toward building pumps, wells, and other infrastructure so that farmers can start using groundwater instead of Colorado River water.

The study, conducted by researchers at the University of Arizona, was commissioned by two irrigation districts in Pinal County.

This is not a crackdown on fun.

The company’s owners also like to sponsor NASCAR drivers and races.

Arizona has six weeks to finalize a plan to deal with shortages on the Colorado River. Otherwise, the federal government will step in.

The additional funding would have helped shored up Phoenix water supplies ahead of an imminent, likely drought on the Colorado River.

Wildlife are also poised to lose critical habitat under the Trump administration’s proposal to curtail Clean Water Act protections.

The decision smooths the way for Arizona to sign a multi-state plan to stave off a catastrophic shortage on the Colorado River.

This major remaining issue has sunk Arizona drought talks in years past.

The Community has not yet signed the deal, because it is waiting for the passage of Arizona’s Drought Contingency Plan.

“This threatens to trigger further amendments from others who want to modify the deal, thus negating the progress we have made…”

The plan is not assured, but stakeholders and observers are far more optimistic than they were even two weeks ago.

“Solana has not yet achieved its technical capacity on a continuous basis,” said the SEC.

Central Arizona Project staff said that the complexities of the plan could be worked out later.

No one wants to budge, as farmers, tribes, and cities try to protect their own interests. They have two weeks to agree on a drought contingency plan.

The Republican Party seriously boosted the campaign of an engineer seeking a nonpartisan seat.

The measure was sponsored by the liberal political action group NextGen America, founded by Democratic donor Tom Steyer.

The state is still scrambling to develop a plan by the end of November to deal with a looming drought on the Colorado River.