Latest News and Happenings
| Post-date | Title | Introduction |
|---|---|---|
| 03-12-2025 | AMA, BMA and RGMA: What's the best option for the Willcox Basin? |
Two new bills have been introduced in the 2025 legislative session that would directly impact the Willcox Basin AMA. |
| 12-20-2024 | COCHISE GROUNDWATER STEWARDS: REACTION TO ADWR’S DECISION TO DESIGNATE AN AMA FOR THE WILLCOX BASIN |
The Cochise Groundwater Stewards wholeheartedly welcome and support today’s historic announcement by ADWR Director, Tom Buschatzke, to designate the Willcox Groundwater Basin as a subsequent Active Management Area (AMA) as authorized under the 1980 Groundwater Management Act. |
| 11-21-2024 | WILLCOX BASIN VOTERS WERE DECEIVED ABOUT THE IMPACT OF AN AMA ON DOMESTIC WELLS |
Voters were misled in 2022 by deceptive statements that made no distinction between Exempt versus Non-Exempt wells in regards to expanding water use, metering, and fees. The mailer below was delivered to all postal addresses in the basin and was paid for by RWA – the PAC that led the local opposition to the AMA. |
| 11-21-2024 | The Drastic Impact of Subsidence |
Overpumping of the Willcox Basin isn’t just destroying roads and sinking the very land we stand on... |
| 10-23-2024 | PRESS RELEASE FROM COCHISE GROUNDWATER STEWARDS OCTOBER 23, 2024 |
“Finally, we are being heard” - Arizona Department of Water Resources takes welcome step toward designating the Willcox Groundwater Basin an Active Management Area. |
| 10-23-2024 | Press Release: Governor Katie Hobbs and Local Leaders Applaud ADWR Steps Toward Protecting Arizona’s Water |
Phoenix, AZ —Today, Governor Katie Hobbs, local vineyard owner Mark Jorve, farmer Ed Curry, and resident Steve Kisiel issued statements in support of the Arizona Department of Water Resources announcing the Notice of Initiation of Designation Procedures for a potential Willcox Groundwater Basin AMA. |
| 10-23-2024 | Press Release regarding ADWR announcment of proposed AMA for the Willcox Basin |
The Director of the Arizona Department of Water Resources (“Director”) hereby initiates this IN RE: SUBSEQUENT ACTIVE action pursuant to Arizona Revised Statutes (“A.R.S.”) § 45-412 to consider designating the Willcox Groundwater Basin as a subsequent active management area (“AMA”), based upon the following criteria: |
| 10-03-2024 | ADWR Willcox Basin Informational Meeting -- Declining Water Tables, increasing Subsidence and Fissure Activity! | |
| 09-25-2024 | Willcox Basin Informational Packet |
The following informational packet will be distributed a the ADWR hydrology presentation on September 26, 2024 in Willcox. The packet includes the following documents: |
| 09-25-2024 | Joint Statement from County Officials Regarding Scheduled Groundwater Hearing in Willcox, Arizona |
The following statement was published September 24th, 2024 by County Supervisors in LaPaz, Mohave, Coconino and Yavapai County in support of the Willcox Basin's efforts to protect our groundwater. We appreciate their show of solidarity and this is a great example of the collaboration across rural Arizona working for sensible and meaningful legislation. We aren't the only ones frustrated with the legislative inaction... |