Some of Arizona's rural areas face groundwater depletion, causing landowners to have to deepen their wells. Rural groundwater regulation faces political deadlock.
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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.
Governor Hobbs’ delivers strategy for Arizona’s water future
Gov. Hobbs addresses Arizona's water management strategies, but faces rural opposition to new groundwater regulations.
Farm interests dissatisfied with direction of governor’s council
Two members of the Arizona Governor's Water Policy Council, including State Senator Sine Kerr and the President of the Arizona Farm Bureau Stefanie Smallhouse, have resigned due to concerns that the...
From efforts to establish an AMA in the Upper San Pedro River basin to regulating groundwater throughout the state, rural Arizonan water users face increasing scrutiny.