Water is Life Campaign
Protect Arizona’s Water Future
Water is the source that sustains our communities, our wildlife, and the natural beauty that defines Arizona. But today, our water is under unprecedented threat. Decades of drought, unchecked extraction, and outdated laws that favor mining have pushed our rural aquifers to the brink.
That’s why PARA launched the Water Is Life Campaign in 2025, a bold statewide effort to strengthen groundwater protections, reform Arizona’s pro mining laws, and defend the people and places that depend on clean, accessible water. Arizona’s future depends on what we do now.
For far too long mining companies have been allowed to operate with no accountability and little regard for the long term impacts on rural communities. In places like the Patagonia Mountains, the Hermosa Project and other looming mines threaten the very aquifers that sustain residents, ranchers, local wildlife, and the nature based economy.
PARA is taking action, and your support will make it possible.
Our Plan to Safeguard Arizona’s Water
Short-Term Goals:
Strengthen Partnerships
We are expanding statewide alliances to push for stronger groundwater protections in rural Arizona.
Update State Laws
PARA is developing policy strategies that replace statutes that favor mining over community needs.
Educate Communities
Mitigate Mining Impacts
Long-Term Goals:
Reform Mining and Water Laws
Arizona needs laws that protect safe drinking water, clean air, and long term sustainability.
Protect Rural Aquifers
Mining must only happen with strong safeguards for water, air, wildlife, and local livelihoods.
Preserve the Nature Based Economy
Ranching, recreation, and agriculture depend on reliable water. We work to protect these roots.
“There is no justification for allowing one industrial project to undermine any community’s future, especially under a legal loophole that permits extraction in the middle of a water crisis. The question isn’t whether Arizona should mine copper and other minerals. It’s whether we can afford to do it without rules that protect our shared resources and prioritize long-term public needs. We live in a desert. Water is life. Arizona’s future depends on treating it that way. Thank you.”
We Can’t Do This Without You
Arizona’s water future is at stake. The Water Is Life Campaign will take all of us, advocates, neighbors, ranchers, parents, youth, and supporters across the region, to create the protections our communities deserve.
Your one time tax deductible gift will help launch this vital campaign.
Your monthly support will fuel lasting change.