Arizona will provide taxpayer money to help private companies develop plans for at least two and possibly three desalination plants in California or Mexico under proposals approved by a state agency’s board. The three projects are among seven that the board of the Water Infrastructure Finance Agency decided to move ahead on developing new water supplies for Arizona. … [A]gency officials and board members stressed that the water garnered from the augmentation projects is not expected to compensate for all the cuts the state’s cities and farms will have to take in CAP and other Colorado River-based water deliveries.

Other water augmentation news:

• Arizona Capitol Times: Water Infrastructure Finance Authority OKs 2 projects to increase AZ water supply
• Las Vegas Review-Journal (Nev.): Bill aims to preserve funding for key solution to Colorado River drought