Stay updated with breaking news from Willcox Basin. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
For Star subscribers: The Gila Bend Basin has one of the fastest-falling aquifers known on the planet, a new study shows. But the study gives high marks to Tucson's replenishment
GOP-led Senate committee OKS bills to establish rural groundwater management setup favored by many farming interest groups but opposed by many environmentalists and some rural community leaders.
The Gila Bend Basin is suffering some of the worst declines in groundwater levels in the state, Arizona water officials say.
For too long overdraft of the groundwater basins has been ignored. This is especially true in the Willcox Basin, where we have been in serious overdraft since well before 1990.
A common scenario across Arizona: When local conversations about groundwater regulation take place, a surge of well applications follows.