Arizona Comes to Agreement With Major Dairy Farm to Cut Groundwater Pumping That Is Draining Wells

Inside Climate News · By Wyatt Myskow · last updated January 10, 2026 – 12:03 AM

Willcox is ground zero for Arizona’s groundwater crisis. The state’s settlement with Riverview, the company draining the town’s aquifer, requires it to fallow fields and compensate affected well owners.

By Wyatt Myskow

PEARCE, Ariz.—Nearly two years ago, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes held a town hall in this desert community, which is widely regarded as the epicenter of the state’s groundwater crisis.

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