The court ruled that the state can restrict new groundwater pumping if it will impact other users and wildlife, a decision environmentalists are calling a major win in updating the state’s water law.
In her State of the State speech, Katie Hobbs committed to protecting the state’s groundwater supplies in the face of opposition from Arizona’s powerful farm lobby.
As the Biden administration moves closer to cutting how much water states can pull from the Colorado River, famers in California's Imperial Valley are in a powerful but precarious position.
Thomas Galvin lobbied on behalf of a Saudi company soaking up Arizona’s groundwater. He is now mediating an ongoing water dispute in neighboring Maricopa County.
