Water Policy

Three years after an obscure Arizona agency was charged with finding new water supplies for the state it has received six proposals from groups who hope to tap more than $375 million in state money to develop new water sources.

The Department of Water Resources will allow Buckeye to withdraw up to 5,926 acre-feet of water a year from the Harquahala basin in western Arizona for up to 110 years. That is enough to serve more than 17,000 homes.