US EditionArizona's rural groundwater deal stalls as legislative session nears end
- Arizona's Democratic Governor Katie Hobbs and the GOP-controlled Legislature have stalled rural groundwater regulation talks as the legislative session nears summer adjournment in 2025.
- The discussions opened with Hobbs expressing hope for bipartisan cooperation to establish designated zones for managing groundwater in rural regions amid an ongoing drought and worsening water shortages.
- Negotiations halted in early April after Republican frustration with an Arizona Department of Water Resources proposal aiming to sharply reduce overdraft in the Willcox Basin.
- Senator Tim Dunn called the proposed overdraft cut 'unattainable,' while Arizona Farm Bureau CEO Philip Bashaw said it 'definitely took a lot of the air out of the balloon.'
- With groundwater dwindling and rural residents facing deeper wells, hauling water, or relocation, Hobbs warned she will act unilaterally if lawmakers adjourn without a deal.
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Arizona's rural groundwater deal stalls as legislative session nears end
Attempts to regulate groundwater in rural Arizona have stalled in the Legislature. Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs' office says negotiators haven't met since early April. Hobbs backed a proposal to create
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