Gov. Hobbs declares Willcox Basin an AMA to regulate Arizona groundwater use and address rural community concerns about ...

It’s official. The Willcox basin is now an active management area (AMA) and there is a prohibition on any new irrigation.

The state's water agency announced Friday it will usher in groundwater pumping limits and regulation to the Willcox Basin by formally designating a state-run Active Management Area there.

The Arizona Department of Water Resources said there’s enough evidence to place restrictions on how water is used in the ...

Despite community protests, Arizona designated its seventh groundwater active management area in the southeast corner of the state when state Water Resources Director Tom Buschatzke made the sole ...

For the first time ever, Arizona’s water agency established a groundwater protection zone called an Active Management Area. It covers the Wilcox basin in southeastern Arizona.

Governor Katie Hobbs announced the designation of the Willcox Groundwater Basin as Arizona’s newest Active Management Area, ...

It's the first time since 1980 that Arizona officials have used their authority to designate an active management area.

Governor Katie Hobbs and the Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR) announced historic measures today to secure the ...

Everyone agrees the Willcox basin is in decline, but the folks living and farming there cannot reach a consensus on how to ...