Can Arizona Maintain Its Drought Response as Water and Money Dry Up?

Can Arizona Maintain Its Drought Response as Water and Money Dry Up?

The state has spent hundreds of millions of dollars and implemented new regulations to protect water supplies. But as funds run out, residents, leaders and experts say more needs to be done in and outside Arizona.By Wyatt MyskowCAMP VERDE, Ariz.—In front of Buddy Rocha Jr. stood a group of Arizona’s local and state-level politicians, agency staffers and water experts. Behind the Yavapai-Apache chairman flowed the Verde River.

Saudi-owned corporate farms are draining Arizona’s desert dry

Read the full story at Floodlight. Arizona’s lax water laws let corporate farms pump unlimited groundwater to grow alfalfa for cattle overseas, even as local families spend their savings drilling new wells.