State officials said the announcement wouldn’t impact developments that have already been approved. However, developers that are seeking to build new construction will have to demonstrate they can provide an “assured water supply” for 100 years using water from a source that is not local groundwater.
Under state law, having that assured supply is the key to getting the necessary certificates to build housing developments or large industrial buildings that use water. Many cities in the Phoenix metro area, including Scottsdale and Tempe, already have this assured water supply, but private developers also must demonstrate they can meet it.
demonstrate they can provide an “assured water supply” for 100 years using water from a source that is not local groundwater.
They also must cut down the mightiest tree in the forest wiiiiiiith… a herring!
Yeah it’s too bad they just can’t do anything to decrease their water consumption
Image: Google maps search of Phoenix area golf courses
I’m amazed that this didn’t happen sooner. AZ is going to have a far harder time with water than even CA.
As someone who lives in the Front Range of Colorado, I probably have little latitude to say anything, but… good. We are collectively running the Colorado river dry. It’s a trickle by the time it gets to Mexico.
2023 has been a band aid on a shutgun wound type year. We had great snow in CO which is replenishing some reservoirs, California had too much rain, but I am not sure if any of this is replenishing the deep aquifers that a lot of places rely on. Lack of water out this way is scary.