Water Law

Rose Law Group pc provides counsel in many aspects of Water Law including resource planning, navigating regulatory challenges, and complying with environmental statutes. Water Law has recently received increased attention because of the challenges we all must face with drought, climate issues, water supply and hydropower production.

Our team is well-versed in the Arizona Groundwater Management Act and the matters involving the Central Arizona Project and the Central Arizona Groundwater Replenishment District. In addition, our Water Law attorneys have years of experience, either working at or appearing before the Arizona Corporation Commission, an agency that regulates hundreds of private water companies. Also, our attorneys have good relationships with members of staff at the Arizona Department of Water Resources and working with the agency on water rights and assured water supply matters. Furthermore, Rose Law Group pc has experience working with the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality for the permitting and approval of water and sewer projects, and negotiating new policies with various agencies that may affect the interests of our clients.

Water issues, especially in Arizona, will be at the forefront of important issues involving economic development, the ecosystem, and the future of cities and Rose Law Group pc will continue to be at the vanguard of involvement in Water Law.

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‘We will continue to thrive’: State leaders, Rose Law Group partner & Water Law Department Director Riley Snow, weigh in on proposed Colorado River water cuts

By AZ Family Arizona’s top elected officials are coming together to blast a federal plan to manage the Colorado River. City leaders, business groups, and federal representatives are pushing back hard after the federal government released a sweeping plan Friday that could force the state to absorb a disproportionate share of Colorado River water cuts. The Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation spares Colorado, Utah, New

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Colorado River determination expected: Riley Snow, Rose Law Group partner and director of the Water Law Department, explains how Arizona is prepared

By Reagan Priest | Yellow Sheet Water experts say not all hope is lost for a better deal on the Colorado River, despite discouraging news from the federal government last week. The Bureau of Reclamation released its final draft environmental impact statement (FEIS) on the Colorado River on Friday, outlining a “framework” for river operations that includes both the Lower Basin proposal and a

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Arizona, 2 other states would share cuts under proposal to manage Colorado River; Riley Snow, Rose Law Group partner & director of the firm’s water law department, comments

By The Associated Press The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s 10-year plan spares four other states from facing mandatory cuts for now. It’s meant to be flexible, allowing deeper cuts in drier times while giving the states more time to collectively agree on how to manage the dwindling resource that flows through dams to produce hydropower. The Lower Basin states of

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