This water has been allocated among the states and Mexico, but it doesn't include the tribes, only some of which have settled their water rights with the federal government and the states. The groundwater situation is equally dire as a result of our 1980 Groundwater Protection Act. We really only have regulation and monitoring of groundwater withdrawals in the most populated areas of the state. It's basically just the Wild West. (11:35–11:45)
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Asserts that the groundwater situation is critical due to the limitations of the 1980 Groundwater Protection Act.
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