DWR sets management goal for Douglas groundwater active management area

Community feedback pays off, water agency adopts goal enabling concrete reductions of groundwater depletion-- but the fight for groundwater protections likely continues to be an uphill battle.

Arizona Department of Water Resources (DWR) Director Tom Buschatzke issued an order of adoption today, formally establishing the management goal for the Douglas groundwater active management area (DAMA).

The goal establishes the basic intent of the DAMA, and it is as follows:

“The management goal of the Douglas AMA is to support the general economy and …