The Brief

WENDEN, Ariz. - In Arizona, water continues to be an issue, and on community in Wenden is at the forefront of the crisis.

What they're saying:

Every year, Wenden shrinks a little bit. The damage is not as obvious above ground, but the sinking is in the details.

"See the big crack right here?" said Devona Saiter, owner of Mas Paz Desert Spirit Shop in Wenden. "It’s because the building, the way that the building is pushing down, it is pushing the concrete up."

Saiter sells wellness trinkets that chime and dance in the breeze inside a building that is now shifting underground.

"It is showing significant signs of subsidence because it is sinking everywhere," Saiter said.

There are cracks in the concrete and gaps between the baseboards and the floor.

"Even customers this la

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