Pinal County farmers resist abrupt cutoff of Colorado River water
by Bret Jaspers | KJZZ
In the near-term future, Pinal County farmers will have to rely more on groundwater wells. But they hope to hang onto some Colorado River water when a shortage comes in 2020, as is likely.
Arizona is in the midst of critical negotiations over water.
Lake Mead, one of the major reservoirs of the Colorado River system, is more likely than not to be “in shortage” in the year 2020. A shortage declaration from the Bureau of Reclamation would trigger mandatory cutbacks for some large water users in Arizona.
