The Verde News today launched the first of a 4-part series on the Big Chino basin aquifer, "to explain its geology, its history, its current status and provides insights into its future."
The first installment is pretty passionate, stating "In a land of little water and few restrictions on its exploitation, The Big Chino aquifer looks remarkably like an unguarded vault." [right, Big Chino Water Ranch. Credit, City of Prescott]