Alexis Ramanjulu is KGUN 9's Cochise County reporter. Send your story ideas to Alexis at [email protected].
COCHISE COUNTY, Ariz. — Many Cochise County residents rely on groundwater and wells to provide water for their families. But now, the Willcox Basin has a new threat with a Lithium mine potentially coming to town, which people aren't happy about.
Johanna Seeley, a Sunsites resident, organized People for the Playa; a group of citizens trying to stop the mine from coming to the area. The Willcox Playa sits on top of the Willcox Basin — the aquifer that supplies groundwater to the the northern parts of Cochise County.According to the Max Power Mining Corp. website, they are preparing to drill a third hole in the playa that will make a triangle that measures 1,640 feet by 1,640 feet by 2,300 feet.
“There’s people whose only or primary water resource is the water that they are going to contaminate and use up,” Manuta said.“The aquifers are going to run dry. People who live here are going to have to leave," Manuta said."They won’t have the money at all to be able to dig deeper or dig a new well. And their property, if it won’t be worthless, it will be a fraction of what it is now.”
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