State water officials may create a new groundwater management area. But Republicans and rural stakeholders say it’s the governor's way of double-crossing them.
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The Arizona Department of Water Resources announced they are exploring whether to designate the Gila Bend Groundwater Basin, just southwest of Phoenix, as an active management area, or AMA.