Queen Creek, one of the fastest-growing places in Arizona, features an “oasis” lake fed by recycled wastewater.
One place very likely to feel the impact of Arizona’s new homebuilding limits based on water restrictions is Queen Creek.
Since there isn’t enough groundwater to supply its needs for future growth, Queen Creek is hunting for water anywhere it can — exploring proposals such as transferring it via canal from western Arizona, expanding the Bartlett Lake reservoir by joining other cities in a project to build a higher dam. Despite the increasingly dire warnings from the state and water experts, some developers note that construction will not stop anytime soon. The Arizona water agency has given permission for construction on about 80,000 housing lots that have yet to be built, a state official said.
Campbell said the idea that you could balance water supplies like that had always been a “legal fiction” — one that now appears to be unraveling, as the state takes a harder look at where the groundwater supplies are coming up short.In outlying areas, “a lot of the developers are really worried. They’re freaked,” Campbell said. “The reality is it all came back to catch us.”
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