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A new state report showing massive over-drafting in five rural groundwater basins doesnt discuss subsidence, the settling of the ground that occurs when over-pumping hollows out an aquifer and the

Groundwater supplies are declining rapidly in five farming-dominated basins across Arizona where pumping isnt regulated, a new state study shows.

In 2022, state legislation was passed that requires the Arizona Department of Water Resources to complete Supply and Demand reports as an assessment of each groundwater basin in the State

The proposal from Gov. Katie Hobbs panel is stricter than those tried and failed in past Arizona Legislatures. But both sides agree the water problem is urgent.

A thirsty megafarm is driving a libertarian enclave in rural Arizona to a radical solution: government regulation of its groundwater.

As scientists in the drought-stricken state worry about water use, winemakers believe grapes are the perfect crop for the dry land

Advocacy groups are making efforts to revive rural groundwater legislation that’s languished in the Legislature this session – the same fate it has suffered for several years running.

Opponents of a measure to slow groundwater use say it would take control away from local residents, but out-of-area donors are funding the opposition.

TUCSON (KVOA) - Arizona has been in a two-decade long drought. The state has seen historic cuts in its allotment of Colorado River water. But out of state agriculture operations

How a group of ‘scrappy’ locals are working to create Arizona’s first citizen-initiated groundwater management area.