Arizona farmers face water shortage
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TUCSON - Water is the lifeblood for farmers. But some in Arizona are going to have to get by with less.
A joint statement issued last month by the state Department of Water Resources and the Central Arizona Project says an expected water shortage will result in a substantial cut to Arizona s share of the river, with reductions falling largely to central Arizona agricultural users. Some of them are going to suffer tremendously, they don t have the groundwater that I have, said Arnold Burruel.
Burruel has been farming in Marana and Eloy for 35 years. He says farmers knew this day would come.