it seriously enough? they re not. water is more precious than you realize. and once you go to your faucet and you turn it on and there s no water, then its value becomes real. reporter: across swaths of urban arizona, signs of drought aren t immediately obvious. as the taps run dry, developers keep building. this is a symbol of the massacre of maricopa county. reporter: maricopa county is the fastest-growing in the nation, adding more residents last year than any other county. but as cities boom, the drought pushes arizona farmers to the brink. thanks to colorado river, this county is or at least was one of the most productive farming regions in the united states. the crops grown here are shipped all over the country. but as the megadrought continues to worsen and water supplies dry up, farmers here fear their fertile fields could become desert again. we lost all of our water. reporter: for three generations, this man s family
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in the midst of a devastating heat wave. july was the second hottest month in mexico since 1953 when the high temperatures are coming in amid a severe shortage of water. reporter: it had the feel of an outdoor festival or county fair, but this public gathering in northern mexico is a citizens group response to a crisis, a severe drought that has caused extensive water shortages in the state. during a recent day long event, they called water ton, they were collecting bottled water for distribution in neighborhoods where taps have run dry. it is urgent to send truck loads to those communities, this organizer says, adding that their goal was to collect ten metric tons of bottled water for those in need. while this is not the only mexican state facing a severe drought, it is so dry that the