Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Roughly 36% of Arizona’s water comes from the Colorado River, secured in part by a 1963 Supreme Court ruling. But the current ...

Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs has lawyered up for a potential Supreme Court fight to protect Arizona's Colorado River water ...

PHOENIX — Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is trying to overturn decades of settled water law, the lawyer for a group of farmers, businesses and cities told a judge in a bid to join the court fight ...

Cuts are coming to Arizona’s water supply. We just don’t know yet how bad they’ll be, and now the state is lawyering up in preparation for a long legal battle over water rights. In February, the seven ...

State lawmakers are considering a proposal that would allow a New York-based investment company to sell water from rural La ...

Arizona’s history has always been defined by water; its scarcity, its management, and our resolve to make the most of every drop. Long ago, the Hohokam dug miles of canals through the Salt River ...

PHOENIX – The Phoenix suburb of Cave Creek is exploring ways to bolster its dwindling water supply after pulling out of a deal to purchase new groundwater rights. In October, Cave Creek put down ...

Farmers in southeastern Arizona are preparing for new state-mandated water cuts to address a dwindling groundwater supply. The amount of water each farm will be allotted is based on their historical ...