Public hearing set for groundwater management in southern Arizona
ADWR schedules a public hearing to discuss making Willcox Groundwater Basin an AMA due to significant groundwater depletion and land subsidence.
Tag: active management area
Some of Arizona's rural areas face groundwater depletion, causing landowners to have to deepen their wells. Rural groundwater regulation faces political deadlock.
Arizona extends deadline for water applications in Douglas AMA
The deadline to apply for grandfathered water rights in the Douglas AMA has been extended from April to September, 2024.
Arizona Senate Bill 1221 sparks debate by creating a new water management system for rural areas, drawing support from agricultural groups and opposition from environmental organizations.
Informal public meeting set for Gila Bend AMA in rural Arizona
Arizona's Department of Water Resources is considering designating the Gila Bend Groundwater Basin as an active management area, the first of such an action since 1980.
Arizona's Attorney General calls for increased rural groundwater regulation, citing concerns over AMA oversight, water rights transfers, and well-drilling.