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Arizona, Mohave County In Water Rights Dispute

Officials in Mohave County, Arizona are debating what they can do over a dispute over water rights with the state.

The Mohave Daily News reports the county and the state of Arizona are fighting over whether or not county water rights can be transferred to a mine in Bagdad.

The Arizona Supreme Court ruled against Mohave County earlier this year, but officials in the county say losing the water rights would result in a drop in property tax revenue that would then impact infrastructure and public safety.

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Casey Morell is the coordinating producer of Nevada Public Radio's flagship broadcast State of Nevada and one of the station's midday newscast announcers. (He's also been interviewed by Jimmy Fallon, whatever that's worth.)