Gov. Katie Hobbs made her way around the state on Thursday. One of her stops was in San Simon to check on the progress of the installation of a new well for the community.

San Simon has experienced multiple water outages in the last few years, which is why the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) issued the San Simon Water District a grant to dig a new well and to improve its systems to better treat the water.

"It relieves a lot of stress. So hopefully we'll be able to reliably depend on the water," said Chuck Fickett, board chair for the San Simon Water Treatment District.

He says the old infrastructure caused the well to stop pumping at times, and repair times sometimes made it go for days without providing water to the community.

The ADEQ issued a $1.5 million grant fo

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