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Sean Krieg

Attorney Sean F. Krieg advises municipalities, developers, non-profits, and Indigenous Tribes on Arizona water law, government relations, land use, and administrative law. He helps clients navigate complex legal and policy issues while advancing practical solutions that support economic growth and long-term sustainability.

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Water

Arizona's land use and real estate questions have water law answers

Land-use and water attorneys Grady Gammage Jr. and Sean F. Krieg trace how Arizona's 1980 Groundwater Management Act tied the right to build to the right to water, and why that gate is straining under wildcat subdivisions, falling aquifers, and a shrinking Colorado River. The question was never whether Arizona grows, they write, but whether water gets priced honestly into the math.

Grady Gammage and Sean Krieg 5 min read

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