Arizona’s groundwater supplies are essentially unregulated. That means rural wells are drying up
Ron Dungan/KJZZ Most of the groundwater in rural Arizona is unregulated. Temperatures are well over 100 degrees, but it’s easy to forget that the Arizona desert sits on top of an underground water basin formed during the Ice Age. Rural communities in the state depend on that water, which experts say is a finite resource. […]
Groundwater is drying up. Rural Arizona needs rules to manage it, now
We welcomed Governor Katie Hobbs when she took office Focus on water challenges The need for bipartisan solutions. She “emphasized the need to protect groundwater supplies, especially in rural areas.” She added: “The result is that new water users move in, dig wells, and get as much water as possible even as it depletes the […]