In this month’s cover story, we interview Glen Vortherms, the general manager of the Maricopa Water District, which has been supplying water in Arizona’s West Valley since 1925. In that time, the area has undergone heavy urbanization, and today, irrigated agriculture persists…

The Verde Ditch Company has been serving farms and residential properties since the mid-1860s. In our conversation with two of its commissioners, Linda Buchanan and Al Dupuy, we learn about its history, its infrastructure, and the modernization work…

In our cover story this month, we speak with a man who seems to know everything about Arizona water: Richard Morrison. Mr. Morrison’s family has long experience in Arizona agriculture and in leadership in industry associations and education, and he…

This month’s cover story features Ron Rayner, the scion of an Arizona farming family that has been active in the state since 1913 and an influential figure in advancing irrigation technology and influencing policy in the state and nationwide. Mr. Rayner served on the…