In a First, Arizona’s Attorney General Sues an Industrial Farm Over Its Water Use

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With agricultural overuse and drought draining aquifers across Arizona, the state’s chief law enforcement officer is suing Saudi Arabia-based Fondomonte, but the lawsuit could have unintended consequences.

PHOENIX—Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes filed a nuisance lawsuit against an industrial agricultural operation Wednesday in a novel case that alleges the operation’s groundwater pumping is threatening public health and safety and the infrastructure of the surrounding community.

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