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Local opinion: Arizona's mining future collides with water reality
6+ hour, 34+ min ago (1406+ words) HARSHAW " A bumper sticker touting yet another massive hard-rock dig by the Mexican border reads: "If it can't be grown, it must be mined." But once mining starts, forget growing anything nearby. And if Arizona's water runs out, forget everything....
Groups seek $2 B for Colorado River water conservation
1+ week, 5+ hour ago (746+ words) Adoptable animals at Pima Animal Care Center. Contact: Pima Animal Care Center, 4000 N. Silverbell Road, 520-724-5900. Hours: Noon-7 p. m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday; 1: 30-7 p. m. Wednesday; 10 a. m. -5 p. m. Saturday and Sunday. To see a list of available pets and services, head to pim" Nearly 75 groups and…...
Local opinion: New proposal to stabilize the Colorado River " Will it work?
1+ week, 2+ day ago (409+ words) Arizona Daily Star Javascript is required to use this website. See the A1 covers from the past for this day in history. The Central Arizona Project canal carrying Colorado River water runs through rural desert near Phoenix. The 336-mile-long canal delivers…...
Letter: Reusing water
2+ week, 6+ day ago (165+ words) Arizona Daily Star Javascript is required to use this website. I never would have believed I would be on the same page with Loren Hancock but here I am. He is absolutely correct in suggesting we should purify wastewater to…...
Small Arizona town saves water to prevent summer shortages
3+ week, 4+ day ago (1786+ words) KEARNY " This small town in Pinal County could have run out of water before July as drought reduced supplies and tightened allocations, but water conservation has bought them time to avert a bigger crisis. Residents and businesses have collectively reduced…...
Upper Colorado River states push for mediation on water cuts
4+ week, 2+ hour ago (889+ words) It's time to bring in a mediator to handle the prolonged dispute over managing the Colorado River between the Upper and Lower Colorado River Basin states, representatives of the four Upper Basin states say. "The proposal for mediation attempts to…...
Report: Colorado River water too cheap to encourage conservation
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (1734+ words) Behind the series: The Star's longtime environmental reporter Tony Davis shares what inspired him to write the investigative series "Colorado River reckoning: Not enough water." The way the water is sold from the Colorado River and from a federal water…...
Arizona poised to spend up to $75 M to review water importation projects
6+ mon, 1+ day ago (1739+ words) The state agency looking to import new water supplies into Arizona may pay private companies seeking to build desalination plants and other projects as much as $50 million to $75 million in tax dollars for technical, economic and environmental reviews of the…...
Monitoring well dries up on Arizona's imperiled San Pedro River
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (659+ words) One of nine monitoring wells established by a judge to monitor water flows on the imperiled San Pedro River dried up over the summer, raising environmentalists' concerns about the river's health. The Summers well, lying on the river about seven…...
Council moves to regulate big water guzzlers in Tucson
9+ mon, 3+ day ago (679+ words) Tucson is set to begin imposing conservation rules to protect the city's water supply from being guzzled down by "large quantity" commercial customers. The ordinance was rushed to the City Council over the past few weeks and follows public outcry…...