An Arizona town competing for basic access to clean water has sunk more than 18 feet over the past eight decades — with no signs of stopping — as locals struggle to make headway against area megafarms reportedly sucking the land dry.

Residents of Wenden, an unincorporated community roughly 60 miles east of the Colorado River Reservation, have had to pivot to digging thousands of feet underground just to reach groundwater.

For many towns, this wouldn’t be an issue. But along the Colorado River, communities and companies are locked in battles over its water supply. 5

Wenden draws roughly 38% of its entire water supply from the Colorado River, as do major cities like Los Angeles and Phoenix — but take more.

As groundwater trickles further out of reach in Wenden, the rest of the commu

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