By Emery Cowan | Arizona Daily Sun
It was mid-December when residents in the Fort Valley area started receiving letters from the Arizona Department of Water Resources. The letter referenced a general adjudication, a hydrographic survey report, water rights and a somewhat ominous statement, written in all capital letters, to “PLEASE READ THE ENCLOSED INFORMATION CAREFULLY.”
Kim Campbell is a Baderville resident and said she got word of the letters through her neighbors. The statements have spurred widespread concern among the many people who have wells and pump groundwater in the area, she said.