Rural Arizonans fight bill that would let a hedge fund sell their water to Phoenix

Rural Arizonans fight bill that would let a hedge fund sell their water to Phoenix

(Photo via Getty Images)A New York City-based hedge fund wants to pump water from an aquifer in rural La Paz County to sell it to Phoenix. Despite fierce opposition from the people who live there and rely on the aquifer, a GOP-led push at the state Capitol to let that happen is attracting bipartisan support. The McMullen Valley Basin’s aquifer is already under stress, after years of farming water-intensive crops like alfalfa caused wells to run …