2020-10-07 Our water is a diminishing resource — we must adapt

Groundwater in the Prescott Active Management Area (PrAMA), serving four municipalities and thousands of private wells, is seriously overcommitted. The aquifer underlying the quad-city area is our only source of potable water. We are extracting far more water from it than either we or nature replace. An immediate consequence is decline of the water table. Some wells have already failed, and more will follow.