Capitol Media Services
PHOENIX — State water officials on Friday approved the first-ever legal transfer of water from rural Arizona into one of the state’s “active management areas” that have restrictions on growth.
The Department of Water Resources will allow Buckeye to withdraw up to 5,926 acre-feet of water a year from the Harquahala basin in western Arizona for up to 110 years. That is enough to serve more than 17,000 homes…