**Este artículo se puede encontrar en español** While water is always a big issue in Arizona, a lot happened last year in particular: A Tier 1 shortage was declared on the Colorado River State lawmakers put $440 million towards water infrastructure and water conservation projects, plus they established a new Water Infrastructure Finance Authority and Board to govern this new funding The first Active Management Area in more than 40 years was formed by citizens’ ballot initiative in Cochise County in southern Arizona An Irrigation Non-expansion Area was established in Mohave County in northwest Arizona Arizonans elected Governor Katie Hobbs to be our next head of state, who, in her State of the State address, made water a top priority And while we came close, ultimately Arizona failed to pass any meaningful legislation that would equip rural Arizona communities with new tools to manage their groundwater resources, despite growing calls for help. All...