Public invited to meeting on Pinal water impact; farmers raise alarm

Tiffany and Rodney Shedd stand on a makeshift bridge over the Central Arizona Project canal, which bisects their Arizona City farm. / Photo by Ash Ponders / Pinal Central

 

By Heather Smathers | Pinal Central

Pinal County farmers and irrigation districts are sounding the alarm that the county’s economy can’t sustain the hit it will face when the water supply gets cut over the next few years.

Eloy farmer Tiffany Shedd, along with leaders of the local irrigation districts, is hosting a public meeting to “raise public awareness” of the dire nature they see for the problem.

“This is the real deal. Ag won’t survive if it doesn’t pass,” Shedd said.

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