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Panel OKs San Pedro water district

The Arizona Daily Star

PHOENIX — A Senate panel approved a compromise plan Thursday to allow residents of the upper San Pedro Valley to create a new layer of government to cut water use, restrict growth and possibly levy a tax.

Backers of the legislation say it is the only way to ensure water continues to flow in the river. But they conceded the real aim is to save Fort Huachuca, which could be severely curtailed, or even shut down, if the river's water supply remains endangered.

The 6-1 vote by the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Rural Affairs came over the objections of Mary Ann Black, a supervisor in the Hereford Natural Resources Conservation District.

Posted by Editor at June 1, 2007 07:27 AM

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