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On 25 Jan 2022, Bob Duncan <bob7duncan@gmail.com> posted some news:sspvoq$lsig$64@news.freedyn.de:

What kind of stupid voter elected this dumb bitch Katie Hobbs?

Due to a lack of water, the state of Arizona has announced that it will
not approve any more building permits for single-family homes that rely on wells in Maricopa County, CleanTechnica reported.

Like much of the western U.S., Arizona has been facing a huge drought for
many years. A shortage of rainfall has led to residents relying on
underground aquifers and the Colorado River for water.

As CleanTechnica explained, the state has been using far too much water.
Homes, farms, businesses, and public programs have been drawing on water supplies at an increasing rate, totaling 2.2 billion gallons per day in Maricopa County alone.

Because of this overuse, the Colorado River and groundwater are both
drying up. State officials that modeled Arizona’s future water use predict
that in the next 100 years, the Phoenix area will need over 1.5 trillion
more gallons than it has.

Much of this excess water use has been driven by the growth of towns and
cities throughout Arizona, CleanTechnica reported. One of the worst
offenders is Phoenix, the state capital, which is located in Maricopa
County. The city is surrounded by ever-expanding suburbs that rely on well water.

That’s why Governor Katie Hobbs has put a stop to new building permits.

Unfortunately, the new ban won’t stop the 80,000 building permits for new
homes that have already been approved. It also doesn’t cover building
projects that rely on river water or source their water from nearby
businesses and farms. According to Governor Hobbs, though, the situation
is under control.

“We’re going to manage this situation,” Governor Hobbs said at a news conference on June 1, according to The Guardian. “We are not out of water
and we will not be running out of water. It is also incredibly important
to note that the model relates only to groundwater and does not concern
surface water supplies which are a significant source of renewable water
for our state. What the model ultimately shows is that our water future is secure.”

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Just Me
8 hours ago

I have lived in Arizona for most of my life and am shocked by the
unbridled building of condos and apartments the last couple of years. We “natives” have always been taught to conserve water but greed seems to
outweigh conservation. One of the major issues I have is with a foreign
company that was allowed to build a water bottling facility in the far
west valley! Not only did they get tax advantages to build the plant (presumably because they were providing so many jobs) but they are using Arizona ground water to bottle and sell back to Arizonans and others!
Whoever okayed that plan was an idi ot!

steve
8 hours ago

I’m from southern Colorado, the state and local politicians approved a
bunch of pot growers. These growers were literally drain all the wells in
the county, the locals had no water a big portion of the year. The
politicians answer was. The residents can put in cisterns. These people
are very poor. It really saddens me when the residents are sold out to the corporate greed. I left Colorado

https://news.yahoo.com/major-city-announces-ban-homes-210000781.html

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