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Originally Posted by flatbutt
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That article paints a painful picture - Some Rio Verde residents have spent upwards of $60,000 drilling for water with nothing to show for it.
It's happening at other areas around Arizona. Saudi Arabia has huge alfalfa farms out in Salome, AZ (the alfalfa gets shipped to Saudi Arabia). The unregulated use by the alfalfa farms is causing the water table to drop in the community and the locals are finding their wells running dry.