By Hunter Bassler | 12 News Phoenix PHOENIX — Just when a solution was on the horizon, it looks like the residents of Rio Verde Foothills will have to keep waiting for water. Scottsdale recently came forward with a proposal to resupply the unincorporated community with water after cutting residents off at the beginning of the year. Maricopa County rejected …
By William Pitts | 12 News Phoenix Maricopa County Supervisor Thomas Galvin of District 2 said he’s not sold on Scottsdale’s plan to end the Rio Verde Foothills water crisis. The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors met in executive session Thursday to get legal advice about any forthcoming agreement. So far, the City of Scottsdale has not proposed an official agreement but passed a resolution describing what the city would agree to. About 500 homes in Rio Verde Foothills, north of Scottsdale, have been without a reliable source of water for eight weeks since Scottsdale cut them off. Those homes are …
Low water level strip on cliff at Lake Mead. View from Hoover Dam at Nevada and Arizona border, USA By Brandon Loomis | Arizona Republic A newly released state report on groundwater supplies under the desert west of Phoenix signals difficulty ahead for developers wishing to build hundreds of thousands of homes there. It also signals the start of an effort by …
(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 …
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. …
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.
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 …
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 …
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. …
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 …
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