Thursday's announcement is the first real acknowledgment Arizona's water supply cannot support all anticipated growth.
Howard Fischer PHOENIX — State water officials said Thursday they won't issue any permits for new subdivisions for some areas on the fringes of Phoenix, the first real acknowledgment the state's water supply cannot support all anticipated growth.
People are also reading… But nothing in the new order will bring all development in the Phoenix metro area to a halt, at least not at this point. Gov. Katie Hobbs presented the new analysis as evidence there is no reason to put curbs on future growth. Arizona and other states in the river Lower Basin, California and Nevada, just entered into an agreement to cut usage in exchange for federal cash."The cuts are going to be based on what the hydrology provides every year on the river and what the levels of Lake Powell and Lake Mead are,'' he said.
Hobbs also said there are no limits on industrial development. Nor are there new restrictions on everything from fountains to golf courses that dot the Phoenix area.
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