… Housing developers and farmers in increasingly urban areas celebrated the signing of Arizona’s new “ag-to-urban” water program, which Gov. Katie Hobbs called a “huge water policy win.” … But some of the left-leaning lawmakers who voted against the new law that paves the way for some agricultural water to be used instead to boost housing developments, environmental activists and farmers whose land is outside of the limited areas that it impacts say it doesn’t go far enough in protecting the state’s water future — or their livelihoods. On the other hand, some far-right lawmakers who voted against the proposal argued that it went too far in protecting the state’s water future and the state would be better off throwing open the doors to developers. 

Other groundwater news:

• KTAR (Phoenix, Ariz.): Lawsuit questions if Arizona city has enough groundwater for large housing development