Arizona governor’s water council submits management proposals, already faces lawmaker opposition
A state water policy council on Wednesday recommended legislation intended to prevent “wildcat” subdivisions from springing up without providing home purchasers an assured water supply. The measure is intended to prevent a repeat of Rio Verde Foothills, a desert community neighboring Scottsdale that garnered national media attention when the city stopped allowing residents to collect water from a pipe tapping its municipal supply. Most developments in the Phoenix area are covered by the state’s Groundwater Management Act, which requires a certificate of 100-year supply availability before construction. When landowners split property into five or fewer contiguous lots, however, they are exempt and can sell those lots without an assured supply.
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