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Paper plates and short showers: life with no water in Arizona
Gefn:
Until the water was cut off.
The neighboring city of Scottsdale decided it could no longer afford to sell its dwindling supply from the Colorado River, as a decades-long drought bites the American West.
For three months, the couple have eaten from disposable paper plates, had lightning-quick showers only every few days and collected rainwater to flush their toilets.
"A lot of people don't take the drought seriously," said Wendy, as she stood in the kitchen of their $600,000 home.
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230320-paper-plates-and-short-showers-life-with-no-water-in-arizona
Fishrrman:
But.... but...
... isn't population growth always to be considered "good"?
Are not more people, always better?
Regardless of the Earth's ability to yield up the resources to support an ever-increasing population?
What about those millions pouring north over the border?
Won't they want showers, too?
HikerGuy83:
--- Quote from: Gefn on March 21, 2023, 10:48:20 am ---Until the water was cut off.
The neighboring city of Scottsdale decided it could no longer afford to sell its dwindling supply from the Colorado River, as a decades-long drought bites the American West.
For three months, the couple have eaten from disposable paper plates, had lightning-quick showers only every few days and collected rainwater to flush their toilets.
"A lot of people don't take the drought seriously," said Wendy, as she stood in the kitchen of their $600,000 home.
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230320-paper-plates-and-short-showers-life-with-no-water-in-arizona
--- End quote ---
Wha wha wha......
They built those homes without securing water.
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You can picture the headline now, and it’s not a good one:
Hundreds of homes lack running water near one of Arizona’s wealthiest cities.
Homes with no wells or connections to a formal water system have been allowed to proliferate in Rio Verde Foothills, a 20 square-mile strip of county land northeast of Scottsdale.
For now, they rely on water trucked in from Scottsdale.
But that will soon change. The city has decided to stop water-hauling services to non-residents in 2023, leaving potentially hundreds in Rio Verde Foothills high and dry if they cannot secure another water source before then.
https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/joannaallhands/2021/12/14/hundreds-rio-verde-homes-near-scottsdale-were-built-without-water/6441407001/
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So they rely on Scottsdale to truck water.
They never should have built those homes to begin with.
You can't fix.......
Smokin Joe:
Someone's either going to come up with a viable solution or their property values are going down.
Cyber Liberty:
--- Quote from: Smokin Joe on March 22, 2023, 01:30:18 am ---Someone's either going to come up with a viable solution or their property values are going down.
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Future ghost town.
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