There’s been a lot of growth in the Douglas Groundwater Basin in Cochise County over the past several years. And that growth is leading to a shrinking groundwater supply.
There’ve been efforts to limit the amount of pumping that can happen, but as a new investigation found, those efforts have not been all that successful.
Brendon Derr, an investigative reporter with the Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting, spoke about the issue with The Show.