For Star subscribers: Environmental coalition, citing studies warning the San Pedro River could eventually dry up, petitions Arizona to manage and protect its aquifer.
For Star subscribers: But two retired U.S. scientists say the judge who prescribed the water rights didn t go far enough — the opposite view of local governments and business interests.
Center for Biological Diversity: TUCSON, Ariz.― Conservationists filed a petition late Wednesday with the Arizona Department of Water Resources that seeks to curtail rampant groundwater depletion in southeastern Arizona’s Upper San Pedro Basin.
PHOENIX — State Attorney General Kris Mayes is accusing the Department of Water Resources of not doing its job of protecting the state s groundwater supply.