If developers can't prove that they can provide water for years into the future, their subdivisions are on hold.
from the Arizona Department of Water Resources . The new report outlined how the groundwater supply in Arizona is going to continue declining without further intervention. Demand for almost 4.9 million acre-feet of groundwater could be unmet in the Phoenix area over the next 100 years.
It’s a significant amount because a single acre-foot of water is enough water for about two U.S. households in a year,About 80,000 unbuilt homes on sites that have a “Certificate of Assured Water Supply,” which is used by the state’s water agency to regulate water, will not be paused. Those sites have proven that they can
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