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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(115,351 posts)
Thu Nov 17, 2022, 07:46 PM Nov 2022

Faucets poised to run dry for hundreds of Arizona residents by year's end

RIO VERDE FOOTHILLS, Ariz. — More than 500 homes in this affluent desert community that boasts mountain views, ample trees and ranches hidden in the crooks of scrubby hills will run out of water by year's end as drought tightens its grip on the West.

Residents of Rio Verde Foothills outside Scottsdale have tried for years to resolve the looming crisis to no avail as the deadline to stop their water deliveries draws closer, forcing individual homeowners to find their own sources of water for drinking, bathing, washing dishes or doing their laundry.

“It’s going to be really ugly and terrible for our homeowners and landowners,” said Karen Nabity, who has lived in Rio Verde Foothills for seven years. “Some of us will borrow water from a friend’s well, others will have to pay a water hauler from far away.”

As climate change makes the Western United States hotter and drier, the looming crisis in Rio Verde Foothills exemplifies how cities and states could be forced to vie for a diminishing amount of the natural resource.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/faucets-poised-to-run-dry-for-hundreds-of-arizona-residents-by-year-s-end/ar-AA14eUVL

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Faucets poised to run dry for hundreds of Arizona residents by year's end (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2022 OP
Don't worry. Kari Lake will declare it a non-issue and say to pull yourself up by the bootstraps. keithbvadu2 Nov 2022 #1
Blaming it on the faucets, are they? WestMichRad Nov 2022 #2

keithbvadu2

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1. Don't worry. Kari Lake will declare it a non-issue and say to pull yourself up by the bootstraps.
Thu Nov 17, 2022, 08:37 PM
Nov 2022

Don't worry. Kari Lake will declare it a non-issue and say to pull yourself up by the bootstraps.

Problem solved.

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