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Kirsten Engel: “We have severe drought conditions [in the Colorado River…”

Featuring: Kirsten Engel, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. House Arizona, District 6

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Green Valley Democrats October 8, 2022 Program-Kirsten Engel

Published | Video Starts at 09:08

I'm also running to work on our water issues. You all are living every day some of those issues here in Southern Arizona. And these are both issues dealing with the Colorado river, where We have severe drought conditions [in the Colorado River area], as well as areas outside the Colorado river area relying on groundwater, where we have unregulated groundwater pumping. which is literally enabling our groundwater to go dry, and large corporations coming in and taking all the water away, and others, homeowners, businesses not having access to water. (09:08–09:19)

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