Sens. Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego are asking the Bureau of Reclamation to ensure projects for Colorado River preservation will still get their funding.
The Bureau of Reclamation has already signed off on money for projects across Arizona — including an $86 million agreement to build a recycled water plant in Tucson in exchange for the city taking less Colorado River water over the next 10 years.
But in a letter to the agency this week, the lawmakers say their constituents are reporting funding for some of that work has been paused amid the Trump administration’s efforts to freeze federal funding.
They say uncertainty about what’s next for those payments has impacted project implementation and could harm collaboration between the federal government and local jurisdictions. They’re asking the agency to ensure all funding is made available again.
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The Bureau of Land Management's Public Lands Rule put conservation on equal footing with grazing and energy production. The Trump administration is trying to roll it back. -
A bipartisan group of Arizona representatives are urging President Donald Trump to approve a disaster declaration to pay for flood damage in Gila and Mohave counties. -
Gov. Katie Hobbs and bipartisan legislative leaders have accused the Upper Basin states of refusing to implement cuts to their water supplies. -
The official designation comes at a pivotal time when sustained drought threatens this precious natural resource — CRIT considers “a living entity” — running parallel to the nearly 300,000-acre reservation along the California border. -
The Valley’s two largest water providers will connect their systems, allowing water from the Salt River Project into the Central Arizona Project canal system.
