Arizona Limits Construction Around Phoenix as Its Water Supply Dwindles - NYtiems.com

 In what could be a glimpse of the future as climate change batters the West, officials ruled there’s not enough groundwater for projects already approved.

Queen Creek, Ariz., a suburb of Phoenix, is projected to grow to 175,000 people from its current 75,000 — if it can find enough water.Credit...Rebecca Noble for The New York Times

 

By Christopher Flavelle and Jack Healy

Christopher Flavelle reported from Washington and Jack Healy from Phoenix.

 

 Arizona has determined that there is not enough groundwater for all of the housing construction that has already been approved in the Phoenix area, and will stop developers from building some new subdivisions, a sign of looming trouble in the West and other places where overuse, drought and climate change are straining water supplies.

 

Link to Article - NYtimes.com - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/01/climate/arizona-phoenix-permits-housing-water.html