Arizona Limits New Construction Around Phoenix Due To Lack Of Groundwater
Queen Creek, Arizona, is a suburban community southeast of Phoenix. It currently is home to 75,000 inhabitants, but has plans to add another 100,000 residents in the years to come. The Phoenix area has been one of the fastest growing areas of the United States for decades, as baby boomers retired to the area in search of a warm climate that would give their weary joints a respite from shoveling snow in the cold.
Queen Creek is located in Maricopa County, which gets about half its water from groundwater. The problem is, groundwater may take a thousand years or more to accumulate. In less than half a century, the unrelenting pace of growth in the county has seriously depleted the available supply. The county uses 2.2 billion gallons of water a day. That’s more than twice as much as New York City, which has twice as many people.The issue was swept under the rug by former governor Doug Ducey.
On Thursday, Governor Hobbs said Arizona was not immediately running dry and that new construction would continue in major cities like Phoenix. “We’re going to manage this situation,” she said at a. “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.
The result is that Arizona’s water supply is being squeezed from both directions: disappearing ground water, as well as the shrinking. The water shortage could be more severe than the state’s analysis shows because it assumes Arizona’s supply from the Colorado River will remain constant over the next 100 years. In fact, a recent agreement with the federal government willThe Arizona Department of Water Resources said developers will need to find other sources of water in order to build new homes.
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