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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A bipartisan bill that would put state funds toward a water pipeline project on the Navajo Nation passed the state Senate on Tuesday. -
Republican state lawmakers advanced a rural groundwater protection bill in the House on Tuesday, but rural stakeholders say the bill doesn’t do enough. -
The children’s park had been in disuse for around a decade. Residents have called for a revamp to the park and restoration of the wetland for years. -
This past weekend about 100 volunteers with the Rio Reimagined initiative collected more than six tons of trash during their annual cleanup. From small cans to tires and mirrors, the trash came from a small portion of the Salt River stretching between 91st to 95th avenue. -
While Resolution Copper is taking a proactive approach to meet its tremendous water needs, their actions may still have a lasting and severe impact on the local hydrological landscape around Oak Flat.
