March, 2000
Arizona Water Resources,
Joe Gelt
ed.,
vol.
8,
no.
5,
12
pp.,
Water Resources Research Center,
Tucson, AZ,
March, 2000
The need to control groundwater use in Arizona had long been apparent, but the will to act was lacking. In 1980, various interests rose to the occasion and negotiated the Groundwater Management Act. Signed into law on June 12, 1980, 20 years ago this year, the GMA became the law of the land.