Arizona’s Declining Groundwater Decades of satellite observations show that the aquifers in the southern part of the state are ailing.

Choice of crops growing in La Paz, Maricopa, Pinal, and Cochise counties, AZ--as well as wasteful irrigation techques used--are partially to blame.

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