Overview
- The settlement requires Riverview to fallow 2,000 acres over 12 years in three phases, with land repurposed for grazing, habitat or other uses.
- Riverview will contribute $5.5 million to a company‑run fund for households within 1.6 miles of its irrigation wells and $5.5 million to the Sulphur Springs Water Fund for those farther away.
- Assistance will prioritize drilling or replacing domestic wells and can cover tank systems, water‑fill stations, and hauling, with several local schools eligible regardless of distance.
- State investigators will monitor compliance through strict reporting to the attorney general’s office as the acreage reductions proceed.
- Officials say the agreement responds to years of groundwater declines in the Willcox/Sulphur Springs Valley and serves as a precedent for addressing rural water harms.