Residents of the community at the foot of Scottsdale Arizonasay they are on the verge of running out of water supplies after the city stopped selling water to unincorporated suburbs due to the ongoing drought.

Rio Verde Foothills typically have lush golf courses, tennis courts, clubhouses, and hiking trails. According to a recent Zillow listing, home prices will go up from about $500,000 to $2 million.

Until recently, an unincorporated community of approximately 1,000 residents purchased water from Scottsdale. However, due to recent drought conditions, Scottsdale city officials announced in late December that they would stop selling water to residents of Maricopa County in the foothills of Rio Verde.

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“Maricopa County officials and residents of the Rio Verde Foothills region were informed of this unforeseen event in 2015/16, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022.” I read the City of Scottsdale memo of December 29th.

More than two weeks have passed since the water outage on January 1st.

of Arizona newspapers reports that residents of the Rio Verde Foothills have sued the City of Scottsdale.

on the other hand, southwest monsoon season round with atmospheric river rain Crash into California It brought a slight improvement to the overall drought in the west, but the problem is that Arizona gets about 36% of its water supply from the Colorado River. Recent rains cannot solve decades-old problems.

According to the Kyl Center for Water Policy at Arizona State University at the Morrison Institute, over the past 20 years water levels have lake meadThe large Colorado River reservoir is declining in drought conditions.

According to NOAA’s National Integrated Drought Information System, the Colorado River supplies water to 40 million people in seven states, including Arizona.

NASA images show Lake Mead water levels at lowest in over 80 years

The state is cutting its water supply in a plan to mitigate the risk of very low water levels on Lake Mead. According to ASU’s Kyl Center for Water Policy, Arizona’s Maricopa, Pinal, and Pima counties, which receive their water through the Central Arizona Project, will see the biggest reductions.

The Central Arizona Project will channel water from the Colorado River outside of Phoenix, Arizona on October 25, 2022. Aerial flight provided by LightHawk. (Photo credit: RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images)

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On January 1, a Tier 2 mandatory water outage for the Colorado River was implemented, reducing Arizona’s supply from the Colorado River by 21%. In Arizona, this year marked his second annual water outage.

In her recent state speech, Governor Katie Hobbs said Arizona’s decades-long drought is “the challenge of our time.” In the same speech, he unveiled a report sealed by the Arizona Department of Water Resources showing that parts of Phoenix’s West Valley will be 15% short of their water needs over the next 100 years.

Drought statistics for Arizona from the US Drought Monitor.

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“This report makes it clear that we must act now, or this will only become the first new sector to face shortages of this kind,” said Hobbes. rice field.

Most of southwestern and northern Arizona is in unusually dry to moderate drought conditions as of the most recent U.S. Drought Monitor report on January 12, up from last year when 57% of the state experienced drought. Overall improved.

The Phoenix metropolitan area has seen some rain this week, thanks to light showers that have produced about a quarter of an inch of rainfall in some areas.

Rain forecast for Arizona through Tuesday, January 17, 2023.

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Meanwhile, residents of the Rio Verde foothills are looking for alternative water sources, but they say the situation is dire.