Circle of Blue

BUCKEYE, Ariz. – It was supposed to be called Cipriani, a master planned community with more than 9,700 homes at the western fringe of this sprawling desert city in...

BUCKEYE, Ariz. – Beneath the exhausting Sonoran sun, an hour’s drive west of Phoenix, heavy machines are methodically scraping the desert bare. Where mesquite and saguaro once stood, the former...

Deep below Arizona sit large volumes of water that are less salty than the ocean, but not easily used. If it were all pumped to the surface and purified, this brackish groundwater would supply Arizona’s water needs for a century or more. Problem is, it can’t all be pumped.

PARKER, Arizona – South of Headgate Rock Dam, beyond riverbanks lined with willow and mesquite, the broad floodplain of the Colorado River spreads across emerald fields and sun-bleached earth.  The...

Initiative in the Rio Grande basin intends to thwart catastrophic wildfires that wreck watersheds.

Smaller cities. Soaring water prices. Scorched desert towns.

Severe drought, dead wells and political division push Arizona steadily closer to water supply peril.

Arizona’s powerful will to grow is challenged by extreme heat, deep drought, and serious water-related stress.

Water enjoys support that crosses political parties. Will it be a source of bipartisan collaboration in a time of divided politics?

Conservation groups and state regulators are alarmed by proposed changes to nationwide permits that authorize construction across streams and wetlands.