The Douglas AMA, created by voters' initiative, survives a repeal attempt as officials reject a proposal due to legal irregularities in its filing.
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Developers in Arizona are facing rising challenges to demonstrate an assured water supply for potential home buyers.
One of two groundwater-related initiatives approved in Arizona
At least one of two ballot initiatives to regulate rural groundwater in southern Arizona may have passed. If passed, an "active management area" will be created in the Douglas Basin which will...
Arizona citizens test ability to regulate groundwater pumping
Despite ballot mix-ups, rural Arizona voters will weigh in this year on whether they want their groundwater to be regulated under "active management areas."
Southern Arizona citizens want a vote on groundwater regulation
With residential wells going dry, citizens in southern Arizona want voters to weigh in on groundwater regulation.
Worried about dwindling supply, a group called Arizona Water Defenders has submitted a petition to create an Active Management Area to regulate groundwater in Cochise County.