Running Dry: Cochise County residents taking action as groundwater wells run dry

Cochise County residents are taking action as residential wells in the area go dry. Some say the increasing number of farms owned by out-of-state companies are depleting the region's groundwater levels too quickly.

[@mafinalmessagechangedaworl7131]

Crazy how there telling residents to lower their water usage while still allowing huge golf courses and farming which is incredibly water intensive. Like those two factors are running arizona dry

[@GibsonReview]

I have no problem with farming. It's golf that I have a problem with. If it gets any worse there are a few groups planning to burn the turfs.

[@joniboulware1436]

Farming is filling your plate. Food won't grow without water.

[@kskeel1124]

California sucks millions of gallons of water from the Colorado river...

[@joniboulware1436]

@@GibsonReview Agree that turf golf courses in the deserts are hard to justify. But there is a cooling effect that offsets some of the heat generated by all of the concrete, asphalt, buildings and other heat absorbing elements in cities.

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[@AbidAli-bv2gl]

Excellent video, Save douglas Basin too

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[@sandyarizona3471]

It's not family farms it's the foreign growers that export, for example the middle east.

[@OurOneLifeAz]

Nailed it!!

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[@richarddawdy8488]

It's that damn corporate dairy from Minnesota. Tar and feathers seem appropriate.

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[@amandahug-n-kiss3749]

Force the dairy farms to close - this is reducolus

[@MePJtheDJ]

Don't belong in the desert. and nut farms that belong to out-of-state companies.... ridiculous l

[@Crismodin]

Dairy farms account for 1-4% of all water usage. Actual farmland accounts for more than 60% of all water usage.

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[@kathleenpira]

@@Crismodin They grow alfalfa for the 125K cows. The little guy is Doomed.

[@Crismodin]

@@kathleenpira Yet the government is out here still blaming regular everyday people who water their plants in their yard as being the ones responsible for the water crisis. It's always been industry always will be industry, the people themselves only account for 20% or less of the total water usage. It's like blaming pollution on people because they drive gasoline cars, yet they have the exact same breakdown that industry is creating 80-90% of the pollution and regular everyday person impact is 10-20% of the total pollution. Anyways, the regular guy always gets blamed instead of capitalistic greedy corporations.

[@zAlaska]

Seems to me the time to take action was years ago and the action has yet to be taken.

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[@gpg9516]

I heard about coming water wars in the 1970s

[@Lunacounty]

I sold my land right after I heard about the huge out of state cattle operation going in. With a well over 2000' deep.

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[@erich84502ify]

Subsidence will be a major problem when the wells go dry. Ghost ranch and farms will pop up

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[@emmyreyes3165]

We need more trees

[@fernandgamboa2848]

Trees need water 💦 to grow and survive , the main point of the story is the lack of water sooo... Back to square one .

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[@bubbaredneck75]

I live in cochise county and u really think the guberment is gunna manage this? Good luck w that.

[@Amanda-nt7tt]

The people are brainwashed and dumbed down thinking politicians are the heroes

[@3sbon]

I'm in Phoenix and I'm enjoying a nice glass of water right now.

[@Amanda-nt7tt]

@@3sbon tap?

[@3sbon]

@@Amanda-nt7tt straight from the fridge's teat.

[@Amanda-nt7tt]

@@3sbon lmmfao

[@lindsaymclaren8945]

Should be building a pipeline from north Dakota where they are flooding just about every year. Nevada California would be interested too. Maybe Manitoba in Canada would be interested too

[@everythingisfine9988]

Terrible idea. You have any idea how large a pipe would have to be to bring enough water to feed a community like that? And how expensive it would be? And the fact it goes to the Rockies, which have earthquakes all the time. Now, it might be doable to run a much shorter distance pipe from California to Arizona. Bringing water in from a desalination plant. It's still going to be expensive though

[@tammiebroggins]

No! Enough is enough! People are killing this country. They want to live there let them deal .

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[@hifiman4562]

Stop all the farming and move the dairy farms to northern states. It's a start. You all need to get aggressive here.

[@dataphoenix8004]

the idiots want to build cities up north too

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[@kathleenpira]

I think it's too late, they are here, and they bought out small family farms. This never should have been allowed to happen in the first place.

[@MetalHeadAZ]

no more car washes, no more snowbirds growing grass and watering their driveways and the street

[@SeanLewisMedia]

Car washes probably have little to no effect on the water crisis. Its farming. People watering their drives isnt even that big of a deal. Its farming.... Stop farming in the desert like idiots and maybe you wont run out of water. Do a little research at least.

[@Sandykuykendall]

Or they can just bring more water to the state💀

[@OurOneLifeAz]

Yes, let's put the pinch on residents...many who have been here for generations...and do nothing about the farmers. That makes sense! Silly pesant residents think they matter.

[@Crismodin]

That doesn't account for any significant amount of water usage. You should attempt to pretend to do some research before pretending you know what you're talking about.

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[@dhowto3005]

That is great reporting. Hopefully, everyone takes the necessary steps starting today to ensure there is enough water for centuries in the future. The decisions have to be made starting today. Thanks for doing this report!

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[@bubbaredneck75]

How about the state help w subsidies to drill a deeper well.

[@Dobviews]

Maybe stop trying to sustain a farm in a frigging desert environment. When you are removing 4 gallons for every 1 gallon going into the aquifer sooner or later it doesn't matter how deep the well if there isn't any water left.

[@pinacolada1393]

@@Dobviews No! No No. Food is important, especially because it grows here in the winter because other regions are not potent at the time not to mention it can supply our region since fuel costs are going up it would be non sense to have dairy sent from the East Coast or up North down the Southwest. If Dubai can generate clouds to fertilize there dessert, then ours can be rescued as well.

[@Dobviews]

@@pinacolada1393 Then you and other voters need to start developing that technology sooner rather than later and create a sustainable system. Right now bleeding your aquifers dry is not your answer. You cannot get blood from a turnip, nor can you forever and increasingly deplete your aquifers. You created the mess, be part of the solution. Demand better from your local water boards, farmers and communities. I see many golf courses and green lawns in your area that are wasteful. You chose to live in a desert and now you are learning that water is not easy to come by there. Get busy or start moving. As for Source using solar and fans to pull in air through fans for a water source... looks like it will only make a small dent in your problem which still leaves your area in hellscape. Good luck with all that *denial!*

[@1just4laughs]

They already go to deep for to much money....yours isnt a solution it's a delay

[@lizbauer6968]

​@@pinacolada1393 Weather modification which they'll never admit to. It's on purpose!

[@mattacedo]

The Coronado dairy can suck up all the water, but residents need to cut back.

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[@katiedid1851]

Drip irrigation. No industrial farms. 5 min. showers, no nut farms or golf courses.

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[@MrChangeordie]

I have a few acres out there but I can't imagine paying $40,000 for a well, thinking just find a water hauling company to fill up my water holding tanks, should be cheaper 🤔

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[@GuitarWithBrett]

Will be interesting to see what happens with this over next 10 years

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[@mondavou9408]

Thirst will happen.

[@diankreczmer6595]

I do not mind agriculture using water, they are growing food. But out of town owners like saufi Arabia growing alfalfa to be sent back to Arabia to feed cattle ? Is this necessary. Big users are copper mines who use lots of water

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[@kennyw871]

The proud-to-be "conservative" speaking in this video misses the point about cattle ranches and dairy farms, as well as the crops needed to sustain these farm animals. A lactating cow consumes 30-50 gallons a day. It takes ~1,800 gallons of water to produce one pound of beef. Moreover, corporations are drilling ever deeper into aquifers that private citizens and smaller ranches can't afford, to become and then sustain these massive agricultural activities. The fact is, droughts of surface water (rivers) equate to droughts in acquifers. They are connected. Therefore, best farming conservation efforts pale in comparison to the ever-increasing amounts of water these corporations need to remain profitable over the needs of "conservatives" to have fresh drinking water.

[@joniboulware1436]

I guess it doesn't take any water to grow watermelon, strawberries and lettuce that give almost no caloric value.

[@mattacedo]

The Coronado dairy is sucking up all the water meanwhile residents are asked to cut back. Get rid of the dairy, solve the water problem… but then no one will have jobs.

[@pimentocheesesandwich3065]

I wonder why these corporate farm interests ( both cattle and plant), choose to farm in such a dry environment to begin with? Is the land very cheap ? I find it confusing.

[@pimentocheesesandwich3065]

@O I just looked it up. Wow.

[@pimentocheesesandwich3065]

@O I agree. The Nestle company , among others, is paying next to nothing to take water from US aquifers. They target small towns that have lost their primary industry such as former mill towns in Maine, and exploit the towns' desperate need for income.

[@mikecarr1484]

When I was a kid some family owned farm land in southern California. Time to water, he flooded his fields wasting thousands of gallons of water. When I asked why so much waste he said it doesn't matter the well will never dry up. .......... See the problem. He continued this for 30 years. Flooding the fields. Essentially wasting water letting it run all over down into roads. Ditches. They didn't care. They said it is infinite water. But we're they wrong.

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[@chrisvincent8123]

It's absurd. 90% of that agriculture has to go away. Try Louisiana or Mississippi- not the desert. It's not sustainable.

[@Cmorrison626]

There’s also such a thing as too much water for crops. The hurricanes and frequent deluges may not make for good growing conditions for these crops.

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[@user-cp4jb5oz4c]

I have a question that maybe strange to most in Arizona, would you like it to rain there?? Just asking, I could help.

[@jasonharper2601]

the cattle lot will contaminate what water is left with nitrates from the waste

[@ran6110]

I say take a close look at the state and local politicians, some one had to approve this…

[@kathleenpira]

Exactly

[@IowaKeith]

She doesn't want an AMA because small ranchers could lose their livelihood? Meanwhile most of the other residents lose theirs? The small ranchers are gonna lose their livelihood in a few years when their wells go dry anyway. Greed is such a powerful ignorance.

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[@kskeel1124]

How many people do you think the desert can support when it comes to ground water...

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[@jasoncrandall73]

So regulations are actually ok in the end.

[@everythingisfine9988]

Regulations are all about risk management man. And the harsher the environment, the more risk there is.

[@jasoncrandall73]

People & Politicians living there are going to have to come to grips that there should be no new growth or no new farms until they get more water.

[@dataphoenix8004]

​@@jasoncrandall73 AZ is a desert and the state is not bordering a ocean either, bad times ahead. I brought up the ocean because you can desalt the ocean water like san diego are doing now. One solution create a desalination plants with our neighbors in the South, Mexico because California and Texas with sell the water expensive and the companies using up all the ground water now with their nuts farms are from California that is an act of war LOL.

[@algee6005]

Politicians have convinced Republicans that we don't need to regulate anything. And they take full advantage of those people who were dumb enough to vote them in.

[@Crismodin]

Only when it benefits them, otherwise they are perfectly fine removing child assistance programs, or anything else beneficial for anyone else.

[@charlesurrea1451]

More agriculture will need to move indoors to better control the loss' from evaporation. N/S running sub grade ones would do a trick in Cochise county.

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[@squalley]

Maybe, just maybe, think about starting to collect as much rain water as possible. It’ll be a reliable backup if need be 🤔 🙏🏾

[@jimbeam2705]

What rain water?

[@squalley]

@@jimbeam2705 that’s why said as a backup. Trust me, I know how little rain we get. Some this is better than nothing.

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[@Me97202]

I have zero empathy for the cities and farms that are running out of water. They should have never been built in a desert in the first place.

[@MrChangeordie]

😬 thats a pretty great point 👍

[@MrChangeordie]

Plan on putting a tiny house out there on my land, can't imagine paying for a well to be dug, considering water hauling delivery to fill up water holding tanks 🤔 what u guys think

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[@raystack6250]

Yes it's about time

[@grumpyguardsman6161]

WHA?! You oppose any gov regulation bc libertarian dream says individuals will resolve it and then are surprised when individuals look out for themselves at the cost of everyone else. I am shocked, this has never happened before.

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[@imjogijogi9267]

Meanwhile Saudi and Canadias keep taking water to grow alfalfa for their horses or spinach and none goes to AZ

[@Vladviking]

We lost our family well in Cochise in the 80's. It was a somewhat more than 100 ft deep. Many others did too. Risk and cost of drilling a new one, possibly as deep as a thousand feet and still getting bad water caused many to have their water trucked in. I guess they haven't learned a damn thing with fifty years of trying. Looking at the news from the whole state though, you'll all be sucking sand not too long in the future.

[@barbaramccoy6448]

No water for crops, no food for people.

[@TheHonestPeanut]

That's how a desert works.

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[@jm-bv1wh]

Those crops are being shipped out of the country and are feeding livestock, you imbecile.

[@raulporras6239]

Thanks to Saudi using our water 💦 for growing Alfalfa then shipping it back to Saudi thanks that’s so smart Arizona

[@LatinosOver40]

Raising cattle and crops in the desert ???? I'm confused... someone explain .... I think I know the answer ... LOL

[@Crismodin]

Crops I can definitely understand getting rid of or relocating, or switching to more renewable formats but those formats cost a significant amount of money, same category as desalination plants. Raising cattle on the otherhand only accounts for 1-2% of water usage in the state of Arizona.

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[@migueljimenez2550]

My cousin has a ranch in area his well has run dry due to those deep pockets.

[@brucewayne-ej3cx]

That's too bad.

[@aaronmcconkey1062]

Should have something systemic along time ago.

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[@michaelfisher7170]

you mean groundwater is a finite resource? well gosh, why didn't anyone warn us?

[@1bkres]

Scary

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[@mariehod4767]

more desalination plants and pipeline it in everywhere no more worry

[@Crismodin]

Desalination plants are extremely expensive, if you want to vote for more taxes, you are free to do so. I might warn you though, people generally don't take kindly to* Californian tactics in Arizona, but you are free to try.

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[@kathleenmccrory9883]

Are there Saudi Farms in this county?

[@ScarletFoundryTarot]

come on...common sense has to take precedent over corporate greed.

[@kevintewey1157]

Okay there goes your real estate investment😢

[@page2386]

Mine just dried up 3 weeks ago

[@Mike-db1nn]

Elect reps who care about the issue is the answer. Vote out the ones who cater to the large corps.

[@djcesar7934]

How can Dairy do it Right in Arizona ??? answer it CANT

[@gpg9516]

NOW this feels urgent? Good luck with that😂

[@mondavou9408]

Mad Max was a prophecy?

[@mray8519]

Stupid is as stupid does. They will destroy this area, it will become a parched desert.

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[@lysliepope3967]

When "Mother Nature" strikes back, it's not going to be pretty

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[@alro11]

sorry~ feed lots are inhumane and they should be shut down.

[@lysliepope3967]

This spokesman wants "small government" ,so deal with it.

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[@getonlygotonly]

the planet will survive. humans, probably not.

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[@fernandgamboa2848]

You move out into the desert what were you expecting

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[@djcesar7934]

Looks like Americans are in denial

[@MM-sf3rl]

Is it time for Socialism. Capitalism just seems to screw your neighborhood.

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[@Braveheart.22]

Cows are people too...not food. Their milk belongs to their calves. It is evil to abuse them. 💔 Switch to cultured meat.

[@TheHonestPeanut]

Literally not people. But yeah it is demonstrably harmful to abuse them.