David Johnson, chair of Rose Law Group’s water department, comments on: Arizona’s proposed framework for converting wastewater into purified drinking water

By Kate Duffy | Cronkite News, Phoenix Business Journal Recently, the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality released a proposed roadmap outlining plans to convert treated wastewater into purified drinking water. “Advanced water purification has the potential to provide a reliable source of purified water that can alleviate water scarcity issues faced in much of Arizona,” said Randall Matas, deputy director of the …

Could depleted groundwater in Arizona be refilled by borrowing a trick from solar power? Rose Law Group Water Department Chair David Johnson weighs in

By Erica Gies | Scientific American Pajaro Valley on the coast of central California has little surface water, so its farmers depend on extracting groundwater to grow leafy greens and berries for the global market. But as in many places around the world, these farmers have been pumping the water out faster than nature can replenish it. In different places, groundwater decline can …

Maricopa County Supervisor and Rose Law Group partner Thomas Galvin talks with PBS Arizona Horizon about solutions to Rio Verde Foothills water issue

WATCH HERE By Arizona Horizon | PBS The battle over water in the Rio Verde area has come to an end after Governor Hobbs signed a law that obligated the City of Scottsdale to provide water to the residents in the community. Several hundred people live in the unincorporated area and were warned repeatedly by the City of Scottsdale that …

Arizona limits construction around Phoenix as its water supply dwindles; Rose Law Group Founder and President Jordan Rose comments

By Christopher Flavelle, Jack Healy | New York Times Arizona has determined that there is not enough groundwater for all of the future housing construction that has already been approved in the Phoenix area, and will stop developers from building some new subdivisions, a sign of looming trouble in the West and other places where overuse, drought and climate change …

WASHINGTON POST: Phoenix area can’t meet groundwater demands over next century; Jordan Rose, Rose Law Group founder and president, says firm is ready to help

By Joshua Partlow, Yvonne Wingett Sanchez, Isaac Stanley-Becker | Washington Post There is not enough groundwater underneath the Phoenix metropolitan area to meet projected demands over the next century, a finding that could threaten the current home-building boom in outer suburbs that are among the fastest growing parts of the United States, according to an analysis of the groundwater supply released Thursday. …

FOX 10: Gov. Hobbs puts pause on water supply certificates; Jordan Rose, Rose Law Group founder and president shares insight

  Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs announced construction around Phoenix will be limited moving forward to protect groundwater supplies. This comes after Arizona was one of three southwestern states to reach a historic agreement to cut millions of gallons of Colorado River water usage over the next four years. FOX 10’s Lindsey Ragas reports. Rose Law Group Founder and President Jordan Rose: “ADWR …

David Johnson, water lawyer and chair of Rose Law Group’s water law department, explains what the groundwater announcement means for development

By David Johnson, Rose Law Group “Though a decision like this was expected at some point, it was thought that the announcement might come in a few years and be limited to certain areas of the Phoenix AMA where groundwater overdraft was particularly prevalent.  Today’s announcement was neither years away nor limited in scope as it applies across the Phoenix …