That sinking feeling in metro Phoenix

Screen Shot 2015-08-12 at 4.28.41 PM copyBy Anne Ryman | The Arizona Republic

Parts of metro Phoenix are sinking by about three-quarters of an inch a year, according to new research by Arizona State University.

The culprit: large amounts of groundwater pumped years ago.

Scientists at ASU’s School of Earth and Space Exploration say ground-elevation levels in Apache Junction are seeing the fastest drop. Sun City West, Peoria and the north Valley are also descending.

People shouldn’t panic, said ASU researcher Megan Miller, co-author of the study published recently in the Journal of Geophysical Research.

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