Apache Junction has sinking feeling, new study says
Casa Grande Dispatch
This northern Pinal County city’s ground levels are sinking at the fastest rate among metro Phoenix communities experiencing the problem, a new study says.
Arizona State University scientists report that some ground levels in portions of the Phoenix area are dropping at an annual rate of nearly two centimeters, or almost an inch a year.
This is caused by the pumping of groundwater from subsurface aquifers, say ASU researchers.
Apache Junction is seeing the fastest drop, followed by Sun City West, Peoria and the north Valley. No other Pinal County cities were studied.
