Under the first-ever federally declared water cuts, Arizona will lose 20% of its supply from the Colorado River in 2022.
has been well documented. Despite these reports, groundwater pumping continues, and running out of water has become a chronic source of stress for a growing number of residents in the Sulphur Springs Valley.
“It'll take me about a year to get the $15,000 saved to have the well redrilled,” Kaiser said, opening the lid of her 250-gallon temporary water tank to check its level. “But the thing is, after the $15,000 is gone, who's to say that water is going to be there? I'm just one person. There are lots of us out here, all over Arizona.
While large irrigation and farm operations can afford the hundreds of thousands of dollars needed to drill high-capacity wells 1,000 or more feet deep, smaller farms and local residents cannot. Arizona’s booming housing development is another significant pressure on the state’s water supply. In Pinal County, there is currently a freeze on new residential growth triggered by anshortfall of groundwater in the next 100 years — a quarter of which comes from planned developments.
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