Willcox groundwater basin designated an AZ Active Management Area
Arizona designates Willcox Groundwater Basin Active Management Area, creating regulation for groundwater use in southern Arizona.
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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.
Some of Arizona's rural areas face groundwater depletion, causing landowners to have to deepen their wells. Rural groundwater regulation faces political deadlock.
Environmental groups sue over San Pedro River groundwater pumping
Environmentalists sue Arizona Governor and Arizona Department of Water Resources to protect the San Pedro River from groundwater pumping.
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.
Rural Arizona fights for water rights as the state considers control, threatening local agriculture with new groundwater regulations.