Arizona's Willcox basin is sinking fast due to groundwater extraction

PHYSorg
Nov 6, 2025, 12:40 pm296 pts
In Arizona's Willcox Basin, just over an hour east of Tucson, fissures are tearing through the earth, wells are running dry, and strange areas are flooding when it rains. The cause is clear. As large agricultural producers pump more and more groundwater for irrigation, the water table is falling, and the land…

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