… Adam Brice moves from one metal trough to the next with a green hose, filling them with a commodity that’s going dry in rural Chino Valley. He is a water hauler. The practice is not unusual in this town 16 miles north of Prescott. Growth in the region has caused lower water levels due to groundwater pumping and inefficient recharge. … Local governments hope to mitigate the overdraft through regional cooperation and stormwater retention. But rural residents can’t wait. They have found some relief in hiring water haulers and setting up their own homemade storage methods.

Other drought response and adaptation news:

• KUER (Salt Lake City): Another Utah city joins the growing — but costly — wastewater reuse bandwagon
• Imperial Valley Press (El Centro, Calif.): New DWR director discusses water resiliency plans