Arizona's Water Supply Shortfall Threatens Phoenix Area Growth

A new report from the Arizona Department of Water Resources warns that there is not enough groundwater underneath the Phoenix metropolitan area to meet projected demands over the next century, which could threaten the current home-building boom in outer suburbs. The study means that plans for future housing developments that rely solely on groundwater could not move forward. As the climate gets hotter and drier in the West, and major water sources such as the Colorado River diminish, dwindling supplies of groundwater could portend a vastly different future than the one residents in the Southwest have come to expect.