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 …

Maricopa eyes water line to spur development

(Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents APEX Motor Club.) By Jay Taylor | InMaricopa (Image by analogicus ) The city has proposed construction of a major water line originating south of town and traveling west around the Ak-Chin Indian Community and north to State Route 238. Much of the project would be outside of city limits, but within the Maricopa Planning Area. The …

Done deal! EPCOR closes on Johnson Utilities! Rose Law Group Co-Founder Court Rich talks about it in AZCentral

(Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents landowners and homebuilders working with the ACC to find a utility solution in the Johnson Utilities service area.) By Ryan Randazzo | Arizona Republic EPCOR USA has acquired the troubled Johnson Utilities water and sewer company in the East Valley, ending a decades-long saga between the utility company and regulators that affected tens of thousands …

State measures focus on Pinal County water, growth; Jordan Rose, founder and president of Rose Law Group, calls legislation ‘critically important’

  By Mike Sunnucks | Rose Law Group Reporter Measures have been introduced at the Arizona Legislature focused on water supplies in Pinal County. Water policy is key to future growth and economic development in Pinal. Senate Bill 1274 has been introduced by Arizona Sen. T.J. Shope, R-Coolidge. The bill relates to water supplies in Pinal County, long-term water credits …