Arizona gets serious about piping water from Mexico in nonbinding desalination resolution

(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 …

[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 …

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 …