Does Arizona have enough water? Phoenix-area cities are spending big to make sure it does (www.tucsonsentinel.com)

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  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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[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

AFAIK, arizona stopped that practice. Not sure about California though, and they certainly are still blasting out almonds.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

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!

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

...God dangit :(

Thanks for doing the research, appreciate it.

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