AZL General Discussion, page-14198

That's what Lithium Americas has been saying for the last two years.

Meanwhile, what Arizona’s new governor said about water in her “State of the State” speech Monday:

“In many parts of our state, there are effectively no restrictions on groundwater pumping and local communities have little-to-no support to manage water supplies,” the governor said. “As a result, a new water user can move in, dig a well, and pump as much water as possible — even if it dries up the community’s aquifer.”

It’s true. The question is whether something will be done about it before miners start wanting to drill wells. BLM controls the minerals, but the state government controls the water.