Does Arizona have enough water? Phoenix-area cities are spending big to make sure it does
Does Arizona have enough water? Phoenix-area cities are spending big to make sure it does
Arizona’s city leaders say they’re doing all they can to fend off anxiety about an uncertain future for water supply, and instead of paying for small tweaks, many are thinking bigger, putting multimillion dollar checks towards infrastructure projects aimed at keeping taps flowing for decades.
Arizona’s city leaders say they’re doing all they can to fend off anxiety about an uncertain future for water supply, and instead of paying for small tweaks, many are thinking bigger, putting multimillion dollar checks towards infrastructure projects aimed at keeping taps flowing for decades.
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maybe if they hadn’t already sold it off to the Saudis …
AFAIK, arizona stopped that practice. Not sure about California though, and they certainly are still blasting out almonds.
You know, I thought so too, until I did some googling and found that it's not quite that straight forward:
https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2024/03/28/no-the-saudis-havent-stopped-pumping-arizona-groundwater/
TIL!
...God dangit :(
Thanks for doing the research, appreciate it.