(CNN) — A Saudi Arabian farm previously permitted to pump unlimited amounts of groundwater to grow alfalfa for dairy cows overseas has stopped irrigating its crops on state land in Arizona’s Butler ...
For years, a Saudi Arabia-owned farm based in the U.S. has been using water for free in the drought-stricken state of Arizona. The water has been used to grow alfalfa for livestock in the Gulf kingdom ...
Pumping from the Paso Robles groundwater sub-basin continued at unsustainable levels last year — with agriculture extracting more water than domestic well owners and municipal water systems combined, ...
The Aquifer Is Dropping Faster Than Anyone Expected 43-foot decline the year before. 47-foot drop recorded between January 2023 and 2024.This isn't just a bad year. Average annual water level declines ...