Scottsdale Promises Freedumb Foothills Residents Water On Interim Basis, Then Awkwardly Backs Away

[hatrack]

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The water haulers were the main source for residents who do not have wells, which can cost tens of thousands of dollars even when it’s not clear whether they will provide any water. The Rio Verde Foothills community was built by so-called “wildcat” developers who exploited a loophole in the state’s groundwater law that enabled construction without having to obtain a state certification that the development has enough water for 100 years. The cutoff has thrust the Rio Verde Foothills—with roughly 2,000 homes—into the spotlight as more and more towns and cities, nationally and locally, face significant water issues. In Arizona, news outlets have covered every twist and turn as the community looks to find water both in the short and long term. National news organizations have chimed in, with severe climate-induced droughts creating water shortages throughout the West and decrepit lead pipes and other aging water infrastructure wreaking havoc in parts of the Midwest, Northeast and South.

In Maricopa County, Rio Verde Foothills residents filed a lawsuit against the city. State lawmakers have taken aim at Scottsdale’s leaders and introduced legislation to find water for the foothills for the next couple of years while a long-term solution is worked out. After nearly two months without hauled water from Scottsdale, a short-term solution may finally have come together. Scottsdale City Council unanimously agreed Tuesday evening to adopt a resolution that would allow water haulers to draw from the water station for the next two years—if the county will agree.

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Over the weekend, Scottsdale Mayor David Ortega told 12 News in Phoenix that Scottsdale would get the water from the Gila River Indian Community, but the tribe told the station it would not be providing the water to Scottsdale. Ortega then clarified the water would come from the Colorado River Indian Tribal Council, but that also ended up in dispute, with a spokesperson for the council telling 12 News they had not been approached by the city. Even if they had been approached, the spokesperson said, there is no system in place that could deliver the water.

Michael Anthony Scerbo, the tribal council’s deputy director for public affairs, said Wednesday in an email that the council “has not had any direct talks with Scottsdale addressing water leasing and or assisting Rio Verde. “Additionally,” Scerbo said, “logistics are not yet in place to begin water leasing at this time.” Residents at the city council meeting on Tuesday had concerns beyond where the water would come from: the cost and the likelihood that the number of acre feet they get could be cut if the city faces any additional shortages due to drought on the Colorado River.

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https://insideclimatenews.org/news/22022023/scottsdale-arizona-rio-verde-foothills-water/

[Freethinker65]

1. So Scottsdale agreed to give water from the Native American source?

Let the area become a ghost town. It was purposely built with no water supply.

[hatrack]

2. Yes, let them taste the freedumb they deliberately cultivated in the desert sands . . .

Fucking sick of stupid, selfish assholes like these clowns.

[Freethinker65]

3. +100

[gab13by13]

4. Maybe the Libertarians

Should call Homestead Rescue?

[NNadir]

6. Maybe John Galt can come to the rescue. According to Ayn Rand...

...he was a magical being who, like all the battery and hydrogen people, could overcome the 2nd law of thermodynamics.

Entropy? We don't believe in Entropy!

[Baitball Blogger]

5. Loving this. The tribes saying Nah to a group of selfish people who think

Freedom is free.