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Paper plates and short showers: life with no water in Arizona
libertybele:
--- Quote from: Cyber Liberty on March 22, 2023, 03:19:48 am ---Future ghost town.
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Wow. To think this is happening in the good ole USA is disheartening.
Smokin Joe:
--- Quote from: libertybele on March 23, 2023, 12:32:37 am ---Wow. To think this is happening in the good ole USA is disheartening.
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Why? It is the way of the world. There are hundreds of little prairie towns, bypassed by the railroad back in the day, that dried up and all but (or did) blew away. I can think of a half dozen towns with fewer than 50 residents. (If you can find the old store or saloon site, it's a great place to go metal detecting, and old trash pits yield antique bottles and more).
Some day, the cities that stand now will either be built over or left to ruin. There are plenty of ancient examples we call tourist attractions (and archaeological sites) from thousands of years ago, worldwide.
Cyber Liberty:
--- Quote from: HikerGuy83 on March 23, 2023, 12:03:39 am ---Our lakes in the lower Verde River are FULL
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I heard that about the Salt River lakes....
Sounds like Snotsdale is just refusing to sell them water in the County Island, while they have plenty available.
HikerGuy83:
https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/joannaallhands/2023/01/25/arizona-not-out-water-rio-verde-foothills-west-valley/69836360007/
Wow...AZCentral can write some informative articles....who knew ?
The root cause of Rio Verde Foothills’ water problems is that state law allows property owners to subdivide land into less than six lots and avoid requirements to prove they have secured a 100-year water supply.
Homes were built solely on the promise of hauled water. The potential risk of such a deal was glossed over with homeowners. And despite all the negative coverage lately, people are still building in the area.
It doesn’t matter that these so-called wildcat lot splits encompass a fraction of the homes we build every year. Or that not all homes in Rio Verde Foothills are affected, just those that relied on Scottsdale for hauled water.
*** Read the part where it says people are STILL building in that area ? ***
If there is a future Ghost Town, that is it.
Continuing......
Water is still being hauled to Rio Verde Foothills, albeit from other spotty sources that are vastly more expensive. Residents haven’t lost water; they’ve lost access to cheap water.
That is unlikely to change if EPCOR, a private water provider, is given the green light in April to more permanently serve these residents. Solving the affordability problem won’t be easy.
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Oops...they are getting water. But people will still lie about it. They never secured their sources. THEIR FAULT.
roamer_1:
I'd be spending the money on underground cisterns...and roofs and gutters to fill em.
Add a solar pump and independence or at least a supplement becomes feasible.
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