Kingman development may take up to 70,000 ac-ft of groundwater

A Las Vegas developer is planning on using as much as 70,000 acre-feet of groundwater per year in the Hualapai Basin to develop up to 305,000 homes in the Kingman, Arizona area, according to a report in the Las Vegas Review Journal. [right: looking SE across Kingman to the Hualapai Mtns - KingmanTourism.org]

The paper quotes AZ Dept of Water Resources Director Herb Guenther as saying he has never seen one party secure that much water from a single basin.

Mohave County Board of Supervisors Chairman Pete Byers is quoted as saying, "We've got these animals coming in here eating up our entire county."

Coincidentally, AZGS just got notice of funding from the USGS StateMap program to start geologic mapping in the Kingman area in anticipation of growing demands for groundwater resources. AZGS geologists will start mapping the Dolan Springs quad in the Fall.