Mealey's (June 17, 2015, 8:12 AM EDT) -- PHOENIX — Arizona’s director of water resources on Oct. 1, 2014, denied the protests of a group of water users who he said have not shown that they will be harmed by approval of conforming water applications for a 90-year-old Salt River reclamation project (In the Matter Salt River Valley Water Users’ Association, et al., No. 13A-SW001-DWR, Ariz. Dept. Water Resources).

(Decision and order available. Document #95-141023-029X.)

In 2008 and 2010, the Salt River Valley Water User’s Association (SRVWUA) filed amendments to its original 1920 and...