[HiJinx]

There's a related thread this morning discussing the Renzi Rider. Even though Ft. Huachuca is required to share some responsibility for water use in the San Pedro Valley, note where (some of) Tombstone's water comes from?

I don't necessarily think Tombstone should lose this source of water, but that particular pipeline needs renovation and the source needs to be protected. Maybe heads-on-pikes is an idea whose time has come...?

[MARTIAL MONK]

The cost of renovation or replacement would be prohibitive for the amount of water delivered. Tombstone could not afford it even if it was the only water available. If they did completely replace it, it would still be illegal as a springfed source. There are illegal jumper taps all along it dating back decades.

The only thing to do is grandfather it till it falls apart and keep VERY quiet about it. People have been drinking the water as it is for a century and a quarter with no ill effects. The new generation does not have the built-up immunities. Someday someone will sue and it will be gone.

That spring has been in use since people hunted mammoth in the valley below. A sign isn't going to change anything.