(Disclosure: Rose Law Group pc represents the AZ water solutions team developing a desalination plant led by IDE.) By Brandon Loomis | Arizona Republic A state board tasked with vetting water supply augmentation proposals for Arizona on Tuesday passed a nonbinding resolution in support of a potentially massive seawater desalination plant in Mexico’s Sea of Cortez. A partnership led by Israeli desalination …
Water situation still murky for Rio Verde Foothills, but Supervisor Galvin continues working toward solution
By Sasha Hupka | Arizona Republic With weeks until their taps run dry, Rio Verde Foothills residents have yet to find a solid solution to their water woes. Scottsdale intends to cut off its water to the community, which is near city limits but falls outside its boundaries as an unincorporated area of the county, at the end of the year. …
Thomas Galvin, Rose Law Group partner and Maricopa County Supervisor, talks to CBS about dire water situation in Rio Verde Foothills
By CBS News After years of warning to find another source of water, Scottsdale, Arizona will officially cut off water to Rio Verde on January 1. The move is the latest amidst the west’s growing water crisis. CBS News correspondent Brook Silva-Braga has more.
[OP-ED] Utility regulators, not the county, hold the solution to Rio Verde Foothills’ water woes, says Maricopa County Supervisor Thomas Galvin in The Arizona Republic
By Thomas Galvin, opinion contributor | Arizona Republic The Rio Verde Foothills water crisis has attracted national attention, and one that I have worked on every day since I was appointed to office in December 2021. The Rio Verde Foothills is unincorporated, which means that residents don’t automatically get water service from a city or town. Many Rio Verde Foothills …
Pinal Partnership looks for solutions to water crisis; Rose Law Group Founder and President Jordan Rose moderates discussion
By David Church | Pinal Central ELOY — With the recent reductions to the use of water from the Colorado River, leaders across the state have been searching for answers on how to solve the crisis. And nowhere will those solutions be more necessary than in Pinal County. Last Friday’s Pinal Partnership meeting served as a roundtable discussion to both …
Maricopa County Supervisor Thomas Galvin talks to Axios about helping Rio Verde move closer to long-term water plan
By Jessica Boehm | Axios About a quarter of residents in Rio Verde Foothills, a small unincorporated town in the far northeast corner of the Valley, may not have water come Jan. 1. Yes, but: Local leaders are getting creative to come up with new water options. What’s happening: About 500 of Rio Verde’s 2,000 residents rely on hauled water from Scottsdale. …
Maricopa County Supervisor Thomas Galvin updates on Rio Verde Foothills water situation
Statement on Corporation Commission Involvement in Rio Verde Foothills Water Issue By Office of Supervisor Thomas Galvin | Rose Law Group Reporter “I am pleased that the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) has opened up docket #W-00000A-22-0194, which relates to the Rio Verde Foothills water issue. In my continued efforts to work with others collaboratively to find possible solutions, I approached all …
As Rio Verde residents deal with end-of-the-year water shutoff, Maricopa County officials, including Supervisor Thomas Galvin, offer alternatives
By Stephanie Olmo | FOX 10 SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Rio Verde residents remain concerned over water, after officials with the City of Scottsdale announced they were going to stop supplying water there at the end of the year. Residents in the Rio Verde Foothills area received a notice in late 2021 from the City of Scottsdale, which states that Scottsdale Water will …
Arizona water utilities plan the infrastructure for future development
By Madelaine Braggs | Rose Law Group Reporter Water utility companies are feeling the pressure to expand services, as the housing market booms outside of Maricopa County and nearby rural areas. Pinal County Supervisor Jeff Serdy moderated a panel this month with SRP, EPCOR and Arizona Water to hear how water resources are being planned for future development. Serdy posed …
How Pinal County defies the odds to increase development in a drought
By Madelaine Braggs | Rose Law Group Reporter With a massive influx of new out of state residents filling Phoenix metro vacancies, Arizona desperately needs housing development to grow in Pinal County, but with no groundwater. It seems like an impossible task… however, Pinal Partnership is proving that the solutions are here, legislation just needs to get on the …