Volume 49, Issue 2

This Article will focus on only one of the many Colorado River issues facing the seven Basin States at this time: Who is responsible for the annual 1.5 MAF Mexican…

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…

The purpose of this Article is to examine the constitutionality of Arizona’s Groundwater Management Code and other statutes that support Arizona’s Groundwater Management in its current form. As described more…

This article traces the expansive and expensive contours of the Gila River Adjudication (the Adjudication) begun in 1974 to remedy depletions of the Verde River, a tributary of the Salt…

This Article examines the integral role of CAP supplies in the settlement of Indian reserved water rights claims in Arizona thus far, then explores what alternatives remain for future Indian…

This Article provides a road map of how the common law theories have developed over the past hundred years and how they apply to municipal water providers today. Beginning with…

This Article gives the statutory background and case history of Defenders of Wildlife v. United States Environmental Protection Agency pending the United States Supreme Court decision. The Article also explains…

This Note surveys the courts’ use of poetry, fiction, and drama to develop substantive law. Combining the premises of legal realism and literary criticism, the Note rejects the position held…