Governor Katie Hobbs spent Thursday touring the Willcox area to get a first-hand look at water issues in rural, eastern Cochise County.
Willcox officials, including the mayor and city manager, told Hobbs that large corporate farms use more water in a day than all of the residents of the town. They also said they have set up water fill stations for residents whose wells have run dry but can not afford to pay for deeper wells.
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