Is there enough water to grow Valley cities during population boom amid drought?

Is there enough water to grow Valley cities safely during the current population boom amid drought?

[@mikedials4606]

No there isn't enough water! Get out of AZ while you can! Js

[@flame-sky7148]

That’s most likely going to happen next decade if not sooner.

[@terencecee.907]

Greed of real estate corporations don't care about the water shortage or drought. It doesn't matter how much "regulation" there is somebody is gonna find a way to get around it for their own needs. Its the desert and there is no vacancy in AZ to support a large population with drought we're experiencing.

[@FreedomProjects]

Insane mismanagement!

[@alksjda]

lives in desert.... people are ACTUALLY surprised there's little water.... LOL

[@ellenlandowski1659]

Start water restrictions like they did in the old days during drought periods

[@ricksa2786]

We are in a drought. Lake Mead is supplied by the Colorado River. The river cannot fill Lake Mead. The Federal government is set ration water to AZ in October if not sooner. AZ farmers already have had there water cut by 1/3.

[@gabewilliams6625]

Because we Native American Reservations, own the water rights here in ARIZONA. You colonizers pushed us in the deserts, we only asked, back in the 1800s that, we own water. So we Natives own water here. We will always give water to others, sharing is in our nature, like corn. And teaching colonizers how to farm on this dry land. We share what we can, off our small reservations. 😏🙄 I'm sure our leaders will work with you to rework, reform waterways like Verde, and Salt River ways. Always a way to share.😏

[@TMcConnaughhay]

Geez you make the rest of us sound like monsters!

[@gabewilliams6625]

@@TMcConnaughhay No it's the truth we own the water never asked for money. Just pressed it against the big guy some times. We will never ask for anything, we will share. If we have enough 😉we will give. Let life flow.

[@hleland4546]

@@TMcConnaughhay LOL what do you mean “ The rest of us” my ancestors certainly don’t fall under the umbrella of colonizers.

[@michaelschrock2838]

I'm willing to bet that you live the 'colonizer's way of life', or do you keep it old school? No AC, not car?

[@gabewilliams6625]

@@michaelschrock2838 my step father made me learn their ways, considering both my Biological Parents were murdered in Fort McDowell Arizona. So I as a Vetran of 3 Wars I live off the rez. The rez would not return calls on housing to me. Supposed to be my cousin.😕😔

[@markheidt870]

Outstanding bringing a waste land to Arizona

[@theplayers3507]

Good luck with all that.

[@michaelschrock2838]

Eventually the US agriculture industry will be forced to convert to drip irrigation as opposed to flood irrigation. The only question is HOW LONG it will take GOV to come to this realization. This is where all the water is going. Not lawns, showers, pools or golf courses. It amazes me that the GOV quickly restricts water to farms, ok, now where do you get food? I'm not a fan of all this stimulus crap, but I would support GOV funding to convert how we use water on agriculture. This will certainly solve the problem.

[@Sparty1966grad]

"It's a dry heat" Tell that to the grass. I keep waiting for the announcement of a pipeline from the Great Lakes to the West Coast.

[@abelflores1593]

These people don't realize they live in the desert

[@ellenlandowski1659]

Need to start solar+ wind powered aqua culture barns so water and growing climate can be regulated...grow trout in the same water that comes off Vegitable.

[@TheSonofsam2011]

how about give everyone rain buckets that can keep away pest but still get the water for when it rain or let people build water towers on there land so the can switch between rain and ground water

[@threegoodeyes7400]

If you collect all the rain, how will the ground water levels rise enough to be usable again? And if it doesn’t rain, like it’s been doing, you won’t have either. That’s what happens when you live in a desert during climate change.

[@TheSonofsam2011]

@@threegoodeyes7400 if you have people collecting rain water it put less stress on the ground water that will help it rise

[@threegoodeyes7400]

@@TheSonofsam2011 Ground water comes from the rain too. It’s stored in the ground. It doesn’t originate from the ground.

[@TheSonofsam2011]

@@threegoodeyes7400 what your plan ?

[@Phxshadowz]

If they had built a pipeline for ocean water …. Maybe but at this point no. Not unless there is a lot of rain and that doesn’t look possible at the moment.

[@michaelbauerle9182]

I grew up in AZ and they have always wasted water and will never catch up it will take 20 years of good rain and snow pack.

[@Sparty1966grad]

I think the pipeline will be from the Great Lakes first. Path of least resistance.

[@mem3656]

they did not say data centers need alot of water. CHIP MANUFACTURERS like intel need alot of water get it right.

[@calikid3336]

As the drought tightens up; competition focuses on well water which is often pumped out at a faster rate than it's replenished. Then subsistence occurs where empty underground aquifers can collapse. In fact; the extra weight of a populated area with traffic and trains rumbling over it with water pumped out from directly beneath could cause entire towns to collapse into sinkholes or roadways to collapse. If there's a 10-year drought cycle without a new building moratorium in the desert' NOW & expansion grows at the current rate, just switching to well water could have a whiplash effect that would then be a biblical scenario in the future!

[@drinkingoutside7584]

No and 1300 for a 1 bedroom isnt gonna fly very long either

[@squiggymcsquig6170]

The data center water usage baffles me. If used for cooling, is it not returned to its source afterward? Even if it is turned to steam, condensers should recoup it all.

[@NatsariymDefender]

Judgment is coming, get your hearts and homes in order with the Lord, time is short. Only those who call on Him will be saved. Decide, chose this day whom you will serve.

[@beenwashedup5754]

Solution put them under ground like 15 feet its cooler inder ground

[@thesilentone4024]

Geothermal is possible there ground is warmer then normal like 3 to 5f more lol

[@beenwashedup5754]

Also back eeast they run cooling system's that are a flex pipe systems id put that in. That in the flooring and vents systems to exhaust the heat

[@paulbruney1704]

It's a desert. Tell people to go somewhere else

[@rebeccaoprea9917]

Can they build wells ?

[@threegoodeyes7400]

That’s how they get the ground water…

[@Irishtradchannel]

Crazy.

[@erich84502a]

Time to get water from California, oh wait, they don't have water either. They will add houses unless ALL the water is gone

[@theplayers3507]

Well, since you asked, NO.

[@markheidt870]

Gimaic

[@Apache9821]

No. Gee that was easy.

[@faithreturns333]

No! Illegal immigration doesn't help either! We're supposed to be managing our resources not opening our doors to the entire world when we can't take care of our own