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This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Osha Davidson

When residents of the Rio Verde Foothills learned they would lose access to a key water supply, distrust of Big Government hampered their search for a solution.

'Our own survival is at stake': Arizona is using up its groundwater, researchers warn Ian James, Arizona Republic © Michael Chow, Emmanuel Lozano/The Republic The Central Arizona Project Canal runs through Scottsdale, Ariz., carrying Colorado River water. In 1980, Arizona began regulating groundwater in the state’s largest cities and suburbs under a landmark law that called for most of these areas to achieve an overarching goal by 2025: a long-term balance between the amount of water pumped from the ground and the amount seeping back underground to replenish aquifers. ...

A 'hidden crisis': Millions of groundwater wells are at risk of running dry, scientists find Ian James, Arizona Republic When a well runs dry, people who rely on the water often have no warning. As the water table dips lower, the pump will begin to suck air and faucets will sputter as water stops flowing. The consequences of years of gradual declines in groundwater suddenly become visible, leaving people struggling with the costs of drilling a deeper well or finding water from another source. New research shows that in dozens of countries around the world, from the United Stat...

Attempts to protect Arizona's groundwater and rivers meet legislative resistance Ian James, Arizona Republic Replay Video UP NEXT The Arizona Legislature has taken up a range of water-related measures this year, but some bills that would strengthen the state’s water rules to protect declining groundwater and desert streams have run into opposition and have failed to move forward. Republican and Democratic legislators introduced several bills that would establish some groundwater rules in unregulated rural areas where there are no limits on pumping and where water levels are...