groundwater

Backed by elected officials from rural areas, Democratic lawmakers unveiled what they hope will be a plan to finally provide some protections against their groundwater drying up.

Attorney General Kris Mayes said Tuesday she will file suit "in the next two weeks'' to halt the pumping of in two rural areas by corporate farms.

Gov. Katie Hobbs won't let Republican lawmakers strip away the right of Attorney General Kris Mayes to sue the owners of corporate farms whose groundwater pumping dries up the wells of their neighbors.

Gov. Katie Hobbs on Tuesday defended the decision to strip a Saudi company of its right to lease state land to farm alfalfa for export -- and get the water underneath it free -- but had no answers to what will become of the nearly 3,500 acres after that.

How do you clean up cyanide contamination in Yuma groundwater? Molasses and vegetable oil might be the key. For the Arizona Science Desk, Maya Springhawk…

The Bureau of Reclamation is charged with managing water—an important job in Yuma, where irrigation is key to the area’s agriculture industry. The…

Dwindling groundwater, drought and climate change threaten the Huachuca water umbel. The federal government seeks comments on a recovery plan for the…

Representatives from sixteen environmental organizations are meeting with state legislators Feb. 9 during the annual Environmental Day at the Capitol. The…