Deal will reduce groundwater overpumping in southeast Arizona
Attorney General Kris Mayes says her new agreement with a mega-dairy company will cut groundwater pumping in Southeast Arizona’s Willcox Basin by more than 100,000 acre-feet over the next 15 years. “This is a real reduction in groundwater pumping,” cumulative from 2026 to 2040, Mayes told a big crowd in Cochise County Thursday. … The annual savings will be a drop in the bucket compared to the current groundwater overdraft in the Willcox Basin, which is estimated at more than 100,000 acre-feet every year. … But it’s an important first step, officials say, adding that the reduction in groundwater overpumping will be multiplied by additional measures.
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