We've all heard the phrase "What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas," but what happens when it doesn't? What happens when the city upriver is facing a possible water crisis itself?
We're approaching two decades of drought in the Southwest. The good news is, we're not going to run out of water, according to Pam Pickard, president of the Central Arizona Project Board.
Central Arizona Project (CAP) is the primary steward of Arizona’s Colorado River water supplies and places paramount importance on the health and sustainability of the river. Since 2000, the Colorado River basin has endured the worst drought in centuries, yet Colorado River water users in California, Nevada and Arizona have not had to reduce the […]
Arizona has been in a drought for 17 years and Arizona State University climate expert Randy Cerveny said it's now completely in the hands of Mother Nature as to when it will all end.
The Valley gets much of its water from the Colorado River but the supply from that river may dwindle in the future and the state may have to search for other ways to quench the thirst of residents.
When states are hit with drought, especially those heavy in agriculture like California and Arizona, there is often a worry that there won't be enough water to go around.
Arizona State University climatologist Randy Cerveny said the state has been in varying degrees of drought since 1997, but Arizona isn't close to an extended water shortage yet.
ST. HELENA, Calif. (AP) – With California in the grips of drought, farmers throughout the state are using a mysterious and some say foolhardy tool for locating underground water: dowsers, or water witches. Practitioners of dowsing use rudimentary tools _ usually copper sticks or wooden “divining rods” that resemble large wishbones _ and what they […]
