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Gammage & Burnham Attorneys Receive Phoenix Magazine Top Lawyers® Recognition
Gammage & Burnham Attorneys receive Best Lawyers® and Ones to Watch in America® Recognition
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Arizona’s land use and real estate questions have water law answers
Authored by Attorney’s Sean F. Krieg and Grady Gammage Jr.
Arizona’s land use and real estate questions have water law answers
Land-use and water attorneys Grady Gammage Jr. and Sean F. Krieg trace how Arizona’s 1980 Groundwater Management Act tied the right to build to the right to water, and why that gate is straining under wildcat subdivisions, falling aquifers, and a shrinking Colorado River.
Arizona’s 57th Legislature Water Law Update: The Vetoes Told the Story
Authored by Attorney Sean F. Krieg
What the 2026 Legislature Did (and Didn’t Do) on Water
If you want to know where Arizona water law is heading, don’t look at what passed this session. Look at what didn’t make it.
Arizona’s 57th Legislature adjourned on June 13 after a water session defined by what didn’t get done. Now, roughly a month after sine die, the dust has settled enough to take full stock—and the ledger is thin.
Breaking News: Built to last: Ag-to-Urban
Built to last: Ag-to-Urban
Authored by Attorney Sean F. Krieg
Arizona’s groundwater fights rarely end cleanly. They grind on in courts and at the Capitol, in rulemakings and in basins where neighbors disagree about water equity and availability. Disagreements amplified in 2023, when state regulators stopped approving new groundwater-reliant subdivisions around Phoenix. Since then, homebuilders, farmers, cities, and rural communities have all been pulling in different directions. Meanwhile, Colorado River shortages loom over everything, and all signs point to increasing water costs.
