Arizona is leasing farmland to a Saudi water company, straining aquifers, and threatening future water supply in Phoenix. Fondomonte, a Saudi company, exports the alfalfa to feed its cows in the Middle East. The country has practically exhausted its own underground aquifers there. In Arizona, Fondomonte can pump as much water as it wants at no cost.
Absolutely, this ground water that was laid down probably 70 to 80 thousand years ago, that’s almost nonrenewable.” -azpbs.org
Seem like it's a state issue and not federal? Doug Ducey (R) is the governor of Arizona.