Dry wells leading to Cochise County residents running out of water

Dry wells are leading to Cochise County residents running out of water.

[FernandoMartinez-qeyf]

I live in Cochise county and all the blame should be placed in the garbage politicians that are in the area. They need to interview Gail Griffin and ask her why she still defends the agricultural companies. She represents the area and struck down a bill in Febraury that could have prevented a bigger mess.

Unless people change their votes then this water issue will worsen.

[copperlinerattlerranch]

Thank you for doing a report on this critical issue. Please, please do follow up reports and seek out our county and state officials for response. We keep hitting brick walls and need help desperately.

[Terry-bwqk]

As an Arizona resident, I ask where is the state government on this? Asleep at the switch? With aboveground water sources diminishing, groundwater aquifers being depleted, and endless new residential and commercial users appearing every month when is our legislature going to pass water management regulations to control and limit the use of this precious resource? Maybe they're waiting until it becomes an emergency...

[kgolem]

yep, sadly Corporate Greed loves the Wild West Arizona no restrictions kinda place. since year 2010 Well digging says it all folks. MN owners rich at our expense

[karinpeagam]

Thank God for men like Greg who lead by example

[harleyv]

Laws need to be changed regarding the corporation water usage

[treasurelife]

Why isn't Bowie's agriculture ever mentioned? Texas Settlement south of Wilcox?

[paullake]

A Dry, Hot Desert environment is Perfect for Agriculture

[andrewinaustintx]

Resource depletion was the probable downfall of more than one pre-columbian desert culture. This time around it will be very difficult to turn around - given the growth of Arizona's population and how many its politicians are in the pockets of big agriculture.

[Zetsumei]

Who'd think when an area with limited water resources becomes overpopulated we'd run out of water. Truly a big brain moment.

[lindaclerc]

We live in Bowie, and in the last 5 months there are 2 more areas that have been scraped and 2-3 more wells for the California pecan company have been erected, we are a small community and our water is being depleted with every well they dig, and they continue to plant more pecans and pistachios. These companies come from other states dry up the water and leave the people who live and rely on our aquifer to keep our homes. There are a lot of old timers that have been here all there lives, and now our homes are being THREATENED, by these companies. So who's pockets are being lined to look the other way? Our Govenor and all state legislators need to ban these companies from this raping of our water. We need to live here, and without water no one will be able to keep our homes and livelihood.

[davidhickenbottom]

They have a water infiltration problem as well no pun intended. They had twice as much rain last year. But it runs off fast and causes flooding.

[Dobviews]

Geez, maybe turning a desert into farmland was stupid!?

[Lily]

Corporate Farms… How about THE NEW BEACH RESORT THEY ARE BUILDING IN GLENDALE….SMART, Arizona. WE NEED FOOD NOT A BEACH RESORT.

[valerierogers]

I won't be moving anywhere near there. First heard about this over 2 years ago.

[jimh]

Goes to show
It's wise if you can. Collect as much rain water as you can

[stevenstefanov]

I don't know how many pounds of corn a cow eats, but it takes 8 gallons of water to produce 1 pound of corn. There's approximately 1 billion cows on the planet. That's a lot of pounds of corn.

[Vladviking]

We lost our family well in Cochise in the 80's. It was a somewhat more than 100 ft deep. Many others did too. Risk and cost of drilling a new one, possibly as deep as a thousand feet and still getting bad water caused many to have their water trucked in. I guess they haven't learned a damn thing with fifty years of trying. Looking at the news from the whole state though, you'll all be sucking sand not too long in the future.

[erichify]

They have to give up. Some California zip codes wellls will run out this summer. Unless you can flush toilets with mud

[Eric-bhjy]

Maybe allowing foreign companies to come in and drill deeper wells and screw the community is a bad idea…