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 …

Rose Law Group Founder and President Jordan Rose moderates Pinal Partnership panel examining impact of water shortage on developers, farmers

By Aaron Dorman | Pinal Central (Photo via Doug Singer) CASA GRANDE — The future of Pinal County will include less water, but more people, according to speakers at the most recent Pinal Partnership breakfast. A panel on water issues outlined challenges ahead for developers and businesses in light of recent announcements about limited access to diminished water resources within Arizona, …

How Pinal County plans to mitigate water shortage

By Madelaine Braggs | Rose Law Group Reporter Local officials gave an update on various water solutions being considered at this month’s Pinal Partnership panel, moderated by Rose Law Group founder and President Jordan Rose. Among the speakers was Austin Carey, Planning Analyst from Central Arizona Water Project, who elaborated on the Urban to Ag Exchange, an initiative that offers …

[OP-ED] Pinal homebuilders cannot grow on groundwater, and that has implications; ’no slowdown anytime soon,’ says Rose Law Group Founder and President Jordan Rose

Opinion: Future subdivisions cannot grow on groundwater in most of Pinal County. And that is forcing a lot of folks to rethink how and where growth will occur. By Joanna Allhands | Arizona Republic Houses can no longer grow on groundwater in the Pinal Active Management Area. The Arizona Department of Water Resources contends that Pinal’s long-term groundwater deficiency is so large and widespread that even …

Big water questions underlie big dreams of county developers; Rose Law Group water attorney David Johnson weighs in

By Aaron Dorman | Pinal Central Maybe it’s a crisis, maybe it’s just an opportunity. But however it’s characterized, issues around water management have taken the forefront in planning future growth for the county and its cities. As major projects come into the county such as Lucid and Nikola auto plants, and housing construction has come roaring back to life in Pinal County, …

BREAKING: ADWR announces Pinal County can’t grow with groundwater

By Rose Law Group Staff Reporter Minutes ago the Arizona Department of Water Resources announced to a Pinal County water stakeholders group that Pinal County landowners who do not have assured water supply certificates from ADWR can no longer rely on Groundwater to show the water necessary to allow them to develop their property. ADWR has been working with the …

Pinal Partnership: Rep. Cook, Sen. Shope discuss efforts to find ‘new water’; interviewed by Jordan Rose, Rose Law Group founder and president

By Aaron Dorman | Pinal Central FLORENCE — Building bridges is important for both local infrastructure and political relationships. Such was the takeaway from the first in-person Pinal Partnership breakfast in over a year, featuring Rep. David Cook, R-Globe, and Sen. T.J. Shope, R-Coolidge. During a question-and-answer session Friday at the Windmill Winery, the two legislators discussed how the strength …