WASHINGTON, DC – Attorney General Kris Mayes says the fight to protect Arizonans’ water rights is nonnegotiable.

“‘I don’t go to a single event where water is not brought up in some way,’” AG Mayes told The Washington Post. “‘This is not an esoteric, academic issue. This is a kitchen table, existential economic issue that is facing Arizonans.”

Key highlights: 

• “Asked about the top issue facing Arizona, voters were more likely to pick water than they were to pick inflation, education or housing costs, one recent poll found — a shift from previous election years. Anxiety about the issue crosses party lines and demographics.”
• “Mayes and Hobbs have both touted their role in cracking down on a Saudi-owned farm that used copious water to grow alfalfa shipped abroad — a controversy that made headlines and that many voters remember.”

AG Mayes also released a new ad emphasizing her commitment to protecting water in the state, suing companies that abuse the water supply and who would inevitably put Arizonans at risk.

Transcript 

AZ AG Kris Mayes: It takes about 12 gallons of water to grow just one alfalfa plant.

But there’s a Saudi owned mega farm in Arizona growing billions of them.

Using more water than every household in Glendale combined.

That’s why I sued, just like I sued other companies abusing Arizona’s water supply.

I’m Attorney General Kris Mayes, and if it’s Arizona’s water, I’ll always fight to protect it, because a threat to our water is a threat to our future.

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