With water policy an election issue, experts hope attention will spur solutions
Partisanship in the Legislature has already weakened the state’s ability to reach water policy solutions, experts say.
Groundwater mostly unregulated, impacts rural areas 
Groundwater is one of the main water resources for most of Arizona. It is finite and mostly unregulated, especially in rural communities that solely depend on it.  To change this, in 2022, the basins around Douglas and Kingman became regulated by the Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR).  








