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Officials in Arizona acknowledge the finite water supply, halting new subdivisions in Phoenix and signaling a necessary step towards sustainable growth.
Environmental advocates, Arizona residents
The full transcript provides additional context on Arizona officials' response to water scarcity and the implications for future development planning.
Well, howdy there, internet people.
Let's vote again.
So today, we are going to talk about Arizona, Phoenix, water,
and making the right move.
OK.
So officials in Arizona have basically
said there's a whole lot more details to it
than I'm about to say.
But the short version is no new subdivisions,
No new subdivisions in the Phoenix area.
And the reason is that basically they don't have the water.
They have a study that says their current demand exceeds
what they have when it comes to groundwater by about 4%.
Over the next 100 years, with current conditions,
there's a there's a shortfall. So basically no new subdivisions. If the
division has already been approved it can go in, but new developments are going
to have to show that they have an assured water supply. An assured water
supply means you have water for a hundred years. The details of this really
aren't the big news. The big news is you are starting to have local and state
officials acknowledge you cannot have infinite growth when you have finite
supplies. This is really good news. Now deep down I think that what they're
hoping for is for the profit motivator to take over and maybe a rich developer
spot all of this land that is going to be really cheap now and say you know
what maybe we should put in the desalinization plant. I think that's what
they're hoping for but either way there's an acknowledgement that you can't
have continued growth without the resources. This is something that is, it's lacking in
a lot of places. The just acceptance of reality on this one. And you're talking about a state
apparatus doing it before it becomes a huge issue. Yeah, there's a four percent shortfall.
They can make up that over time.
They can cut that number down because they're looking 100 years into the future.
I know that there are going to be some people that are going to be really upset about this.
I get it.
At the same time, it has to happen.
It has to happen.
You can't have more developments without water.
It seems like it should go without saying, but here we are.
So in a time when we don't have a lot of good environmental news and we're looking at the
attitudes of a lot of elected officials and just saying, what are you thinking?
It's nice to see a moment where even if all of the details aren't perfect, there's an
acknowledgement.
that moment where they're saying, wait, we actually can't continue to grow.
So just one of those things to just kind of process, and this is especially important
if you are looking at buying land outside, in the outskirts of Phoenix, you might want
to reconsider that at the moment. Anyway, it's just a thought. Y'all have a good day.
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