Farmers look for “common sense” solutions through maze of groundwater regulations
As groundwater agencies limit pumping, sometimes in different amounts and ways, farmers with land across boundaries are trying to figure how to operate. Lakeside Irrigation District Board member and farmer Ralph Alcala brought up a hypothetical at the district’s Oct. 1 meeting: How will groundwater agencies stop farmers from transferring water between parcels, potentially out of one groundwater region and into another?
Other groundwater regulation news:
- Pinal Central (Ariz.): Ag-to-urban is a reality. Here’s what we know about how it’ll work
- Phoenix Business Journal: Legal battle over Arizona’s water rules intensifies as builders seek court ruling
- California Department of Water Resources: Factsheet: Impacts of land subsidence
