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MARANA, Ariz. — Water is a precious resource for everyone in Arizona, but especially for farmers who manage land across the state.“We have grown just anything you think you could try to make money on in Arizona,” he joked. He says he and his son work on his land. Their crops over the years have included corn, Bermuda grass and alfalfa.“About 40 miles and a world of difference,” Burruel said, referring to the water situation.
But around urban centers are “Active Management Areas” or AMA’s — basins where groundwater limits are imposed. “We sit on top of a very strong, dependable aquifer,” he said. “It lets you sleep a little better at night.”“The Eloy basin does not recharge anymore like it used to, because the Santa Cruz River doesn’t dead end in Eloy any longer,“ said Burruel. “Water’s allotted a lot tighter up there… You have to pick and choose your crops. You have to pick and choose your land… Basically we can farm 40 percent of the district, successfully.
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