Fondomonte halts pumping Arizona groundwater in Butler Valley
Gov. Katie Hobbs announced this week that a controversial Saudi Arabian company has stopped using groundwater storage on some federal land it leases in western Arizona. Last year, Hobbs and the Arizona Land Department canceled or nonrenewed Fondomonte Arizona's four leases on state-run trust land in the Butler Valley, a groundwater basin designated as a […]
Saudi-owned Fondomonte can’t drill 2 new wells in Arizona, state says
A private company farming alfalfa in Arizona’s Butler Valley has been unable to drill two additional wells on state land there, a political flashpoint in drought-hit Arizona. and may reduce the use of groundwater. Democratic Arizona Attorney General Chris Mays said Friday that the drilling permit for the Saudi-owned company Fondmonte had been revoked, after […]
