Fissures appearing in southern Arizona as aquifers decline
Cities and agricultural operations across the West put intense pressure on groundwater supplies. In some rural regions, few rules govern how, when and how much water can be pumped. That’s true in rural southern Arizona, where wells are drying up as cities grow, large farms move in and the megadrought continues. … [Tara] Morrow and her neighbors are seeing the water wells they use for their basic needs – cooking, cleaning and showering – dry up as large farming operations move in and have to drill deeper for groundwater.
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