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Arizona should learn from Vegas on water planning - Fountain Hills Times (opens the original)
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OPINION — Arizona officials love reminding us we prepared for the Colorado River crisis — banking water underground, building conservation programs, negotiating shortage agreements. Every round of cuts brings the same reassurance: Arizona planned for this. Southern Nevada spent nearly $2 billion building an intake and pumping system that can pull water from Lake Mead even below the elevation where Hoover Dam can no longer release it downstream — dead pool. Officials didn't dismiss that scenario
New rule: The river gets the last word - Fountain Hills Times (opens the original)
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OPINION — Arizona needs to stop pretending growth and water scarcity are separate conversations. They are the same conversation. Every new subdivision, business park and resident needs the one thing the desert cannot manufacture: water. The growth machine offers a comforting slogan: “Arizona is not running out of water. We are running out of cheap water.” That is like standing in front of an empty refrigerator and saying, “Relax. We just need to buy the expensive food.” For decades, the Southwes
Who is going to pay for the ‘expensive water?’ - Fountain Hills Times (opens the original)
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OPINION — “Arizona is not running out of water. We are running out of cheap water.” The line has become a slogan for anyone who wants to admit scarcity without accepting limits. It turns a physical problem into a financial one. If water only costs more, Arizona can keep growing, keep building and keep approving new demand. We just need more pipelines, pumps, treatment plants, storage, recycling and money. Join our family of readers starting at $5 for your first month and support local, unbiased
With water, bring demand in line with supply - Fountain Hills Times (opens the original)
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OPINION — Arizona’s response to the latest Colorado River plan has focused heavily on economic damage. Officials warn that deeper cuts could hurt agriculture, mining, semiconductor manufacturing, housing and future growth. That concern is understandable, but it avoids the central issue. Arizona is still trying to protect every major demand on a river that no longer produces enough water to support them all. The Colorado River is delivering less water than the system was built to use. Bureau of R
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