Joanna Allhands

Project Blue had planned to replenish all the water it used to cool its massive data center servers. But that didn't seem to matter.

Arizona is entering a brave new world, now that state water officials have opened the door to groundwater transfers from the Harquahala basin.

Lake Powell and Lake Mead are once again headed for dangerously low territory. And at the worst time for Colorado River negotiations.

The ag-to-urban bill is the bipartisan win Arizona needed, especially as it enters tense negotiations on the Colorado River.

Arizona may be in line for larger Colorado River water cuts than any other state, with a political hurdle that no other state faces. Yikes.

It's ridiculous that we know so little about how much water Arizona stands to lose from the Colorado River. But we can surmise a few things.

A pool of Colorado River water could soon be lost for good, leaving Arizona cities and tribes with rights but none of its water.

It does Arizona no favors when our elected leaders 'do something' unilaterally on groundwater. Because we all know that action won't last.

We're going to see more disputes like the one between Chandler and an irrigation district as water grows scarcer and competition for supplies grows.

Instead of finding solutions that everyone can live with, Arizona's fight over growth on groundwater is now stuck in court, where only one party wins.