Arizona Lawmaker Says Ducey Must Lead On Pinal County Water Crisis
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The Pinal County region faces a water crisis and a disagreement among some lawmakers and state officials over the best way to solve it.
The Arizona Department of Water Resources announced on Oct. 11 that the Pinal Active Management Area, one of five regions in the state where groundwater health is monitored, will experience a shortfall of 8.1 million acre feet of water.
That’s the difference between the projected need for water in the region compared to the available groundwater under Pinal County.