Dove Mountain Development Looking Towards Saguaro Reserve Project From Upper Javelina Trail (3/5/23) Marana Housing/Population Marana...

The United States Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) released (11/20/24) five alternatives for operating the Colorado River System after 2026. ...

Governor Hobbs Vetoes 5 and Signs 3 Water Bills The Arizona legislature approved 8 water bills at the very end of the 2024 legislative...

Marana Water Open House Marana Water held an Open House on Wednesday (5/29/24). It included four presentations; (1) Marana Water...

Snoqualmie Falls-Snoqualmie, WA (4/28/24) On a recent visit with my grandchildren in North Bend, WA, I took them over to Snoqualmie Falls...

Picacho Peak & Full Moon Decision On Objections and Draft Decision & Order The Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR) issued a...

Tortolita Alliance (TA) filed its 6th Public Records Request (PRR) to obtain copies of the Objection Letters and obtain information...

Tony Davis wrote an excellent article regarding the Marana DAWS Modification Application (Application) that headlined in today's Arizona Daily Star (Sunday 1/14/24). You can download and read the full text of the article by clicking on the link below. The article includes input from Marana Water (MW), Kyle Water Center (ASU), Central Arizona Groundwater Replenishment District (CAGRD), Tortolita Alliance (TA) and other water agency and water resource experts. It provides add

Our Marana In Marana Water DAWS Modification-Part IV-Objection Letter we provided the Background, Revised Public Notice & Objection...

Our Marana Water is the sustenance of life. We cannot live without it. Yet the Town of Marana-Marana Water (MW) plans to quadruple the...

Public Notice Revision ADWR Legal agrees with our finding that the Marana DAWS Modification Application Public Notice published in the Daily Territorial on 12/21/23 had a state statute reference error. ADWR will revise the notice to read, "The grounds for objection are limited to whether the Modification of Designation application meets the criteria for determining an assured water supply, as set forth in A.R.S. § 45-576 and the rules adopted under that section." ADWR wil

Public Notice The public notice (left) requesting written objections to the Marana Water Designated Assured Water Supply (DAWS)...

Application-Public Comment Period Marana Water filed a Designated Assured Water Supply (DAWS) Modification Application on 5/18/22. For...

In May 2023, Governor Hobbs established the Governor's Water Policy Council and associated Assured Water Supply (AWS) Committee. The...

The following is a medley of recent H2O developments with the Colorado River, Marana Water and Tucson Water. New-Colorado River...

DAWS Process/Status Let's summarize the previous Marana Water (MW) Designated Assured Water Supply (DAWS) Modification blogs: Part I-presented the 6-Step Procedure for developing DAWS Part II-reviewed Steps 1-4 to methodically analyze the original MW DAWS Modification Application, Deficiency Letter No.1, MW's Deficiency Letter No.1 Response and offered some Conclusions. The Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR) has recently issued MW a second Notice of Deficiency, whic

Introduction The 6-Step Procedure for developing the Designated Assured Water Supply (DAWS) was described in Part I. In Part II, we go through Steps 1-4 to methodically analyze the Marana Water (MW) DAWS Modification Application and offer some Conclusions. Steps 5 & 6 will be covered when the Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR) issues the draft decision which could occur anytime in the next 45 days. As noted in Part I, ADWR issued a Notice of Deficiency Letter (10/

Introduction Marana Water (MW) applied to modify its Designated Assured Water Supply (DAWS) with the Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR) on 5/18/22. ADWR reviewed the application and issued MW a Notice of Deficiency on 10/17/22. MW responded to the Notice of Deficiency on 1/12/23. ADWR will now review the Notice of Deficiency response and determine if more information is required and ultimately prepare a draft MW DAWS Modification decision. Once ADWR publishes it