In Arizona’s Willcox Basin, just over an hour east of Tucson, the ground is sinking, wells are drying up, and deep cracks are ...

What began as a lot of work with no pay for one man, John F. Blandy, would ultimately become the Arizona Geological Survey. In 1888, Blandy was appointed Arizona's territorial geologist, a position ...

Groundwater extraction for irrigation is leading to rapid subsidence, though effective state management could help slow the process. In Arizona’s Willcox Basin, located just over an hour east of ...

Groundwater supplies are declining rapidly in five farming-dominated basins across Arizona where pumping isn’t regulated, including in Cochise County southeast of Tucson, a new state study shows. The ...