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Important news and updates about water issues in Arizona and the West, including news about the Arizona Water Blueprint and the Kyl Center for Water Policy.

What's on Tap for Arizona Water in 2020? Five Issues to Watch
January 14, 2020
Each year, water becomes a little more scarce in the Southwest, and each year, everyone in Arizona jostles a tad more fiercely to hold onto their precious shares of this vital resource.
Groundwater regulation new conflict in water management
January 12, 2020
From the Arizona Capitol Times: In areas in Arizona where groundwater is unregulated, any landowner who can afford it can drill as much and as deep as they wish, take as much water as they want and are not required to report their usage to the state. But their water must be for a “beneficial use,” per statute, which includes agriculture.