A Finite River Cannot Support Infinite Growth Rusty Childress Special to the Arizona Daily Star The Dancing With Deadpool Colorado River Research Group study lays out the facts with clarity and restraint. The Colorado River no longer carries enough water to support the system

Metro Phoenix is vulnerable to lack of water The Arizona Republic Dec. 30, 2025 Central Arizona’s growth is a triumph of semantics over hydrology. The Phoenix metro area, now 5 million people, expanded because policy language made desert scarcity sound manageable. The

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Arizona is charging ahead with growth plans the Colorado River can no longer support. Long-term declines in river flows, permanent aridification, and an already over-allocated system mean Lake Mead and Lake Powell are unlikely to recover to historical levels. Yet new housing,

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How 30 tribes became the most powerful voice on the river Rusty Childress Rio Verde OPINION – In 1922, a small group of leaders divided the Colorado River behind closed doors. They ignored the Tribal Nations who lived near the water for centuries. They also ignored how the

For too long, we've protected growth instead of the river Rusty Childress Special to the Arizona Daily Star The deadlines have passed, the water keeps dropping, and the seven states that depend on the Colorado River still have no deal. Years of closed-door sessions and expensive

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When water managers protect growth over the river Rusty Childress Rio Verde OPINION — The deadlines have passed, the water keeps dropping, and the seven Colorado River states still have no deal. Years of closed-door sessions produced zero headway. Everyone protected their

What the drying Colorado River reveals about us, Rusty Childress Rio Verde The Colorado River didn’t fail us. We failed to pay attention, choosing comfort over correction when maturity was required. For two decades, scientists have been saying the same thing: the West is

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