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Scottsdale Cuts Off Water to Local Town Amid Drought

Scottsdale Mayor: ‘The mega-drought tells us all — water is not a compassion game’

PUBLISHED: JANUARY 17, 2023 | BY ADRIAN NORMAN

Homeowners in Rio Verde are resorting to skipping showers, flushing toilets with rainwater, and doing laundry at friends’ homes in an effort to conserve water.

The roughly 700 households in Rio Verde are largely dependent on water purchased from the nearby city of Scottsdale.

But, Scottsdale officials have now cut off the stand pipe supplying Rio Verde’s water, saying they need to conserve water for Scottsdale residents as part of the city’s Drought Management Plan.

In a statement released by the City of Scottsdale on Jan. 16, officials say Rio Verde is a community governed by Maricopa County, not Scottsdale. City officials also say they’ve warned Rio Verde for years of the potential for water cuts as part of its drought mitigation strategy.

Authorities have ceased allowing water haulers to transport water outside of the city, meaning the water haulers Rio Verde has relied upon need to find another source.

“Nothing in the city’s action precludes residents in Rio Verde Foothills from purchasing water from other sources,” Scottsdale officials say. “The water haulers who have previously hauled water from Scottsdale have access to water from other jurisdictions and are still offering to haul water to serve the homes in Rio Verde.”

City officials added that Scottsdale have a 100-year supply of water certified by the Arizona Department of Water Resources and that the supply only covers “the city’s population buildout — it does not account for residents outside its service area who are not connected to the City’s water utility delivery system.”

Arizona’s water supply issues, however, may be more troublesome than previously thought. Newly elected Gov. Katie Hobbs recently unsealed a report showing that Phoenix’s West Valley is short of its 100-year supply of water required by law.