PHOENIX — State Attorney General Kris Mayes is accusing the Department of Water Resources of not doing its job.
In a letter to Tom Buschatzke made public Friday, Mayes said the agency he heads has legally been required since 1980 to determine there should be new “active management areas” where the are legal restrictions regarding the withdrawal and use of groundwater.
“This statutory requirement recognizes that groundwater conditions in a particular area are dynamic, and groundwater management should adopt to meet those ever-changing circumstances,” she wrote.
