Arizona to spend $1 billion seeking new water sources

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For Star subscribers: Gov. Doug Ducey is expected to sign the $1B plan as early as this week. To win legislative support, another $200 million was added at the last minute to promote conservation.

Howard Fischer Capitol Media Services PHOENIX — Gov. Doug Ducey is expected to sign legislation as early as this week to spend $1 billion looking for long-term sources of new water for Arizona.

People are also reading… They agreed to go along Friday, however, when an extra $200 million in funding was added at the last minute. That money is reserved for more immediate relief including reducing water consumption, increasing efficiency, and promoting various water-saving projects, including rainwater harvesting, turf removal, and"gray water'' systems for outdoor watering.

"Out of time and out of chances"What's behind all this is the realization that a drought contingency plan adopted by Arizona in 2019 is not going to save the state. So Ducey unveiled the plan to have the state invest the $1 billion over three years to find new sources of water. But that left the fact the lion's share of the money was still earmarked for big projects with long timelines. Rep. Andres Cano, D-Tucson, said that won't do.

 

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A pipeline to the Mississippi? Now that's what I call a pipe dream. Arizona needs far quicker solutions.

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