Arizona groundwater regulation weaknesses exploited by industrial-scale agriculture https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042324_agriculture_water/arizona-groundwater-regulation-weaknesses-exploited-by-industrial-scale-agriculture/
The Douglas basin has seen agricultural development explode in recent years, and despite attempts to limit groundwater usage, the increase in pumping - at an intensity not previously - is largely under industrial-scale owners who have consolidated the land into massive operations.
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