State rejects requested ban on expanding irrigation 

 

Bowie farmland
Bowie farmland

By Zachary Ziegler | Arizona Public Media

The Arizona Department of Water Resources has denied a petition by farmers in southeastern Arizona to ban the expansion of irrigated farmland in the area.

The farmers, who are mostly near Bowie along the New Mexico line, filed the petition out of fear that new pistachio and pecan farms in the area will deplete groundwater.

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