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Arizona Governor Jan Brewer has appointed former Arizona Corporation Commission member Jeff Hatch-Miller to be the Director of the Arizona Lottery. Meanwhile, the Governor has appointed former Commissioner Bill Mundell to be the Director of the Registrar of Contractors. |
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Join Us for a Screening of "Liquid Assets." |
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The Water Utility Association of Arizona is hosting a screening of the acclaimed PBS Documentary Liquid Assets on January 16th at 10:00. The documentary lasts 90 minutes and will be followed by a panel discussion featuring Corporation Commission Chair Kris Mayes, Commissioner Gary Pierce and CAWCD Board President Susan Bitter-Smith as well as Arizona American Water Company President Paul Townsley and Arizona Water Company President William Garfield.
Lunch will be served and the event is free to WUAA members and guests.
Liquid Assets, a ninety-minute documentary, tells the story of essential infrastructure systems: water, wastewater, and stormwater. These systems — some in the ground for more than 100 years — provide a critical public health function and are essential for economic development and growth. You can visit the website to learn more about Liquid Assets as well as view the trailer. http://liquidassets.psu.edu/index.html
The Venue:
The Program will be held at the ASU Downtown Mercado, conveniently located at Fifth and Monroe streets in downtown Phoenix.
The Agenda:
10:00 Welcome to Members and Guests
10:03 to 11:30 Presentation of Liquid Assets
11:30 to 11:40 Break
11:40 to 12:40 Lunch Catered by Paradise Bakery and Panel Discussion
For more information or to RSVP, contact Greg Patterson at:
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The Republic has the full story.
Prescott scored an important victory in its fight to draw water from an aquifer that sits above the fragile Verde River, but a judge may have the final say on when, or whether, the city can turn on the pumps.
The Arizona Department of Water Resources decided that water tapped from the Big Chino aquifer will count toward the Prescott area's 100-year assured water supply. Without that decision, the costly import plan would have lost its value toward meeting state-mandated water rules.
At stake are future water sources for both Prescott, which would build a pipeline to use the Big Chino groundwater, and Phoenix, whose Verde River supplies already are threatened by wells in rural Yavapai County.
The plan has stirred opposition from a Phoenix water provider, environmental groups and some Prescott residents. Several have already filed appeals of the state decision, and it's likely one or more of those foes will sue Prescott to block or alter the project.
Embedded in the state's decision, meanwhile, were two other rulings that could ripple far beyond water-starved Prescott, demonstrating again how tightly the state's often far-flung water resources are linked:
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