Fondomonte Groundwater Lawsuit to Continue, Judge Rules

Fondomonte groundwater lawsuit to continue, judge rules

PHOENIX – A judge has rejected a request by a company accused of excessive pumping of groundwater in La Paz County to delay the case while state officials conduct a separate study of the entire area.

Judge rules public nuisance case against Fondomonte can move forward

By Kiera Riley | State Affairs A judge declined to completely halt proceedings in the attorney general’s public nuisance lawsuit against Fondomonte Arizona and instead directed the parties to align with the Arizona Department of Water Resource’s Active Management Area (AMA) timeline.  In late 2024, Attorney General Kris Mayes sued Fondomonte, a Saudi-owned alfalfa farm in the Ranegras Plain Basin in La Paz County, under state public nuisance law…