I live in Arizona.  I love this state.  It is staggeringly beautiful.But the politicians and developers have been deceiving themselves and, worse, the citizens of the state for far too long.In order to build one home in Southern Arizona, a residential developer supposedly has to demonstrate access to a 100-year supply of water.   The Arizona legislature, under pressure from developers, has attempted several times to amend this requirement.  But this requirement applies only to development of more than 6 homes.  Developers, not to be dissuaded, have found a loop hole: plot 6 homes as an individual development, not withstand that substantially more homes will be constructed.  Developers are not the only ones to pretend there is no water issue.  Along 1-10, between Phoenix and Tucson, I-19 from Tucson down to the Mexican Boarder, and in the Imperial Valley, farmers are growing crops that uses enormous amounts of water, among them alfalfa and pecans.  Developers and Ag interests have pretended for too long that there is no problem.  Yet more homes are being build and Ag continues to grow crops that cannot be supported by current water allotments.  And now, the bill is coming due and reality must be addressed.

I live in Arizona.  I love this state.  It is staggeringly beautiful.But the politicians and developers have been deceiving themselves and, worse, the citizens of the state for far too long.In order to build one home in Southern Arizona, a residential developer supposedly has to demonstrate access to a 100-year supply of water.   The Arizona legislature, under pressure from developers, has attempted several times to amend this requirement.  But this requirement applies only to development of more than 6 homes.  Developers, not to be dissuaded, have found a loop hole: plot 6 homes as an individual development, not withstand that substantially more homes will be constructed.  Developers are not the only ones to pretend there is no water issue.  Along 1-10, between Phoenix and Tucson, I-19 from Tucson down to the Mexican Boarder, and in the Imperial Valley, farmers are growing crops that uses enormous amounts of water, among them alfalfa and pecans.  Developers and Ag interests have pretended for too long that there is no problem.  Yet more homes are being build and Ag continues to grow crops that cannot be supported by current water allotments.  And now, the bill is coming due and reality must be addressed.

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