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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. 

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Recent Rulings Put ADWR’s Groundwater Authority to the Test

Authored by Attorney Sean F. Krieg

Over the past several weeks, three Superior Court cases have brought a quiet but consequential question into focus: How far does the Arizona Administrative Procedure Act (APA) reach into the Arizona Department of Water Resources’ (ADWR) groundwater decisions?  For anyone who plans, builds, finances, or is responsible for approving groundwater-dependent projects, the answer is starting to matter a great deal.

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When a City’s “No” Isn’t the Last Word: Groundwater, Data Centers, and the Limits of Local Control.

Authored by Attorney Sean F. Krieg

Last August, the Tucson City Council encountered a public outcry over water and power consumption for Project Blue, a data center proposed on the city’s southeast edge.  Faced with this opposition, the council voted unanimously to reject the project, including its access to city water.

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