By Hubble Ray Smith | Daily Miner
Farmers who’ve moved into Mohave County over the last few years to take advantage of 100-year-old water laws have been getting away cheap on their property taxes, but that’s about to change.
County Assessor Jeanne Kentch said it’s a “valuation challenge” because some of the wells they’ve drilled cost upward of $1 million, while they were being valued at one-fourth of that amount.
Kentch is going to be adjusting property values to reflect a higher value for wells that have been drilled on agricultural land and are capable of pumping 2,000 gallons of water a minute.
