Fifteen permits for new water wells were approved by directors of the Mesa Underground Water District during their regular monthly meeting, which lasted less than 30 minutes Wednesday morning. Twelve of those permits went to Jerry Harris for new irrigation wells in an area a few miles west of the Munger community in the western part of the county. Ricky Cude and Lawrence Family Trust received one permit each for an irrigation well. A permit for a domestic well was granted to Chris Rose. Jacob Hernandez, the district’s general manager, told the board that annual measurements of monitoring wells across the county have ...