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Archive Home > 2009 > September > 14 > In the Southwest, protracted drought turns eyes to Mexico

In the Southwest, protracted drought turns eyes to Mexico

And water that was previously discarded

By Randal C. Archibold / The Bulletin
September 14, 2009

YUMA, Ariz. " The Southwest drought has reached the point where even drain water is coveted.

Beginning nearly 40 years ago, the briny runoff from the "salad bowl" of southern Arizona, some of the most productive farmland in the nation, has been channeled into an arid plain of the....

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