US EditionDrought-stricken Arizona moves to curb groundwater use in more rural areas
State officials impose groundwater limits in Ranegras Plain and Willcox basins to address aquifer depletion affecting residents and farmers amid industrial agricultural overpumping.
- Arizona is implementing new rules to regulate groundwater use in a western basin where wells have been running dry.
- The new rules mandate water conservation measures and require water users to track and report usage.
- The regulations aim to slow groundwater depletion, but will not reverse the decline, with oversight on large-scale farming operations drawing water from the basin.
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Riverview Farms reaches $11M water settlement in Arizona
PHOENIX — A Minnesota-based agricultural business at the center of water controversies in the Upper Midwest is now reaching a major settlement over water use, but not in North Dakota. Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes announced that Riverview Farms has agreed to an $11 million settlement aimed at restoring groundwater access for rural communities. The settlement follows complaints from residents in southeast Arizona who said their wells were …
Arizona strikes agreement with dairy farm to limit groundwater pumping in Willcox
This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here. PEARCE — Nearly two years ago, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes held a town hall in this desert community, which is widely regarded as the epicenter of the state’s groundwater crisis. She heard countless stories from residents about how their water wells had r…
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