It is smart to look back at recent historical data in monitoring drought situations to make sure not to be constantly repeating the same mistakes over and over again and to work on problems in advance. This might be of value to you and you can think on it.

According to the Drought Monitor issued on April 11, 2002 most parts of Arizona is under drought. This shows most all parts of AZ as severe, and as we visited AZ all last week we saw the heat at 106 degrees. Also alarming at least to me is the problem of the underground water levels. Stream flow: As of April 8, 2002, the United States Geological Survey's daily steam flow maps show reduced flows over central Arizona, some very drastically reduced meaning most all water will be coming from the insightfully build AZ aqueduct project. Running through PHX, and Tucson.

http://water.usgs.gov/waterwatch/

I am not sure who else is reviewing this data, but it is now time to pay attention, AZ is in for a very hot summer and it is way to early to get comfortable about the upcoming El Nino rains, they are a ways off still. If you will take a look at 1998 also an El Nino year at;

http://enso.unl.edu/ndmc/impacts/us/arizona.htm

you will see why I heed warnings that you are not out of the woods yet and AZ especially PHX suburbs grew astronomically and they will require more water needs as the heat comes for summer. And judging by the heat it is already there. Today we are here in Colorado and things are interesting too. Farmers have been complaining about the water too,

http://www.weather.com/newscenter
/topstories/workoutside/agriculture/020404xagxdroughtwheat.html

I always enjoy the weather.com site as it has significant data, almost as good as the NOAA. I met with a farmer out of Greely, CO who had a problem with near by Ft Collins wanting his water. In Pueblo I met a guy in Barnes and Noble Coffee shop who complained about the up river people and how it would affect them too. This is an interesting article on the Farmer