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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Federal officials said Wednesday that conditions have improved on the Colorado River to the point that a plan by California, Arizona and Nevada to voluntarily reduce water use should help keep the river basin on stable footing for the next few years. The states failed to reach a consensus on cuts, and the federal government did not end up forcing any. The threat of those two options finally forced the three states to reach their own voluntary plan for how to reduce their use of the river's water. Already, the three states have lowered their water use, said Tom Buschatzke, director of the Arizona Department of Water Resources and the state’s representative on Colorado River issues. Now, the states can turn their attention to a new long-term agreement for how to share the river’s water beyond 2026.

Persons: Lake Mead, Tommy Beaudreau, Camille Touton, Biden, JB Hamby, ” Hamby, Hamby, Tom Buschatzke, ”, __, Suman Naishadham, Ken Ritter Organizations: —, U.S . Department of, U.S . Bureau of Reclamation, Colorado River Board of California, Imperial Irrigation District, Arizona Department of Water Resources, Associated Press Locations: SACRAMENTO, Calif, Colorado, California , Arizona, Nevada, Lake Powell, Mexico, Arizona , California, California, Arizona, Santa Ana , California, Washington, Las Vegas

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The action by the Arizona Department of Water Resources stands to slow population growth for the Phoenix Active Management Area, home to 4.6 million people and one of the most rapidly expanding areas of the United States. The state's recently concluded analysis projected a water shortfall of 4.86 million acre feet (6 billion cubic meters) in the Phoenix area over the next 100 years. In response, the state said it will deny new certificates of Assured Water Supply, which enable home construction. We need to have the water supplies in order to grow," said Sharon Megdal, director of the University of Arizona's Water Resources Research Center. The Department of Water Resources said developers would need to find other sources to build.

Persons: Sharon Megdal, Megdal, Spencer Kamps, Daniel Trotta, Richard Chang, Kim Coghill Organizations: Arizona Department of Water Resources, Phoenix Active Management, Supply, University of Arizona's Water Resources Research Center, The Department of Water Resources, Central, Home Builders Association of Central, Phoenix, Thomson Locations: Arizona, Phoenix, United States, Central Arizona, Home Builders Association of Central Arizona, Colorado

☆ Arizona sets limits on construction around Phoenix as groundwater dwindles
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-02 | by ( Emma Newburger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Arizona will not allow new housing construction in the Phoenix area that depends on groundwater, a decision that comes as the state grapples with a multi-decade drought and diminishing water supplies. The decision by the Arizona Department of Water Resources applies only to groundwater supplies and would not affect current homeowners who already have an assured water source. Earlier this year, Arizona projected that developers planning to build homes in the desert west of Phoenix don't have enough groundwater supplies to execute those plans. The decision would allow developers to continue to build in the affected areas but would require them to find alternatives to groundwater supplies. During a nationwide housing shortage, developers are hoping to build homes in growing metropolitan regions such as Phoenix despite water shortages.

Persons: Florence Wednesday, Katie Hobbs Organizations: Arizona Gov, Arizona Department of Water Resources, U.S . Locations: Pinal County, AZ, Florence, Arizona, Phoenix, Colorado

☆ Wall Street investment firms are thirsty for the West's vanishing water
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-22 | by ( Lucy Kafanov | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

And it comes at a time when Arizona’s allocation of Colorado River water is being slashed amid a decadeslong megadrought. “In the face of record shortages on the Colorado River, we have voluntarily answered urgent and repeated calls to conserve water. Water Asset Management owns at least 3,000 acres in Western Colorado’s Grand Valley, where Mueller works to protect Colorado’s share of the river. “Water Asset Management has engaged in a number of different purchase methods to keep their transactions unknown to many of the local jurisdictions,” Mueller said. The Colorado River in Eagle County, Colorado.

☆ Arizona says developers don't have enough groundwater to build in desert west of Phoenix
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-17 | by ( Emma Newburger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

home is being built in in Rio Verde Foothills, Arizona, U.S. on January 7, 2023. Developers planning to build homes in the desert west of Phoenix, Arizona, do not have enough groundwater supplies to move forward with their plans, a state modeling report found. Plans to construct homes west of the White Tank Mountains will require alternative sources of water to succeed as the state grapples with a historic megadrought and water shortages, according to the report. Water sources are dwindling across the western US and mounting restrictions on the Colorado River are impacting all sectors of the economy, including homebuilding. But amid a nationwide housing shortage, developers are bombarding Arizona with plans to build homes even as water shortages worsen.

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