Articles Written By: alr_rocks

Because Arizona’s portion of Colorado River water is almost completely allocated, the only viable source of Colorado River water available for new uses is the sale, lease, or exchange of…

In this paper, the Authors review the historic, current, and future trends in Arizona's population growth and water use, and assess whether the state's current water supplies are adequate to…

Discusses the Corporation Commission's broad mandate, its questions about how to license new water companies, and the Commissions search for answers to the water problem.

This Article is intended to foster the necessary understanding of current laws and policies and to offer some modest recommendations for how the state might proceed down the path towards…

The 1980 Arizona Groundwater Management Act is widely celebrated as a progressive piece of legislation that attempted to halt excessive groundwater pumping. A key component of the Act was its…

This Article examines the current and projected water budgets in the two Active Management Areas (“AMAs”), the reasons why safe yield is not being met, the consequences of failing to…