Mayes says she'll use 'nuisance' law to stop Riverview Dairy in Willcox from 'destroying the economy of Cochise County'

PHOENIX -- Attorney General Kris Mayes said Tuesday she will file suit "in the next two weeks'' to halt the pumping of in two rural areas by corporate farms. Mayes said she is pursuing a legal theory that the farms operating on land leased by the company, some owned by the state, are creating a "nuisance" by draining the water that others who live in the area need. And that, she said, allows her to take action after fellow Democrat Gov.

Katie Hobbs refused to cancel several state leases and after the Legislature has failed to enact a comprehensive program to deal with groundwater restrictions in rural areas..