Since Jan. 1, residents in the community of Rio Verde Foothills lost their access to water, after the City of Scottsdale ended their water hauling service to the area. Since residents there lost their access to water, they have been waging a battle to have their water supply restored.
would have required a city or town that provides water service in a county with a population of over 1.5 million to "execute a treat and transport agreement with one or more third parties for a period of at least three years, treat and transport water to a standpipe and allow use of the standpipe for water to be hauled to residences that are outside the city's or town's water service area if outlined conditions are met."explaining her veto, Gov.
Residents, meanwhile, are still getting water hauled to their homes: it just takes longer, and costs more. The long-term water fates of this far north of Scottsdale community won't be decided at the meeting, but rather in a meeting room in downtown Phoenix. It's the only option for many of the 500 homes in the unincorporated community. Scottsdale cut off its water on Jan. 1 of this year after years of warnings."Something needs to happen, or Rio Verde is not going to survive the summer," he said.Assaf says his water bill ranges from $600 to $700, monthly.
"Supervisor Galvin has failed the community on a national stage. We are without water. We have been without water since January 1, and this is completely unacceptable," said resident Karen Nabity. "I’m using water rainwater to flush my toilet. We need water now not this summer. We need it now." "As opposed to the proposal I made a year ago, he has yet to say where his proposal would be for the outside water, and I think that’s where the confusion starts," said Supervisor Galvan/"Now we just want a solution," said Rio Verde Foothills resident Mark Moran. "Even though many of us are on wells, we still rely on hold water for our pools. Sometimes I will stop working, and we need to have water for our tank to get by.
"In a very short amount of time, people are going to start running out of water," said one person during the public comment period of the city council meeting. Under the agreement, the city would treat water provided by EPCOR, and Maricopa County would then pay to have it delivered to homes and businesses.Rio Verde: Arizona Attorney General issues opinion related to water drama
"I would expect, and I’m very hopeful, that the city staff and the city council, are going to have an agreement in place with the County within hopefully the next two weeks," said State Rep. Cook. "People are not showering. People are not washing their dishes, and are using paper plates," said Jackman."We set them up with a delivery of well water with one of the several who know their wells are good," said Jackman.Rio Verde residents demand answers for officials latest decision on water supplyThe war over water in the Rio Verde Foothills community came to a head on Jan.
An Arizona judge says she won’t compel Scottsdale to resume an arrangement that allowed residents of a neighboring community to get their water from a city standpipe, saying the flap isn’t the court’s concern. Meanwhile, State Rep. David Cook has sent a letter to the Arizona Corporation Commission, urging them to expedite the approval process for EPCOR.
As noted below, EPCOR is proposing a $20 per 1,000 gallons rate for its water, marking a considerable increase from what Rio Verde Foothills residents were paying to the City of Scottsdale.Even if EPCOR's plans are approved in an expedited manner, it would still take two to three years for the infrastructure to be completed.As Rio Verde's water supply crisis continues, a private utility called EPCOR has expressed interest in building infrastructure to supply water.
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