text:  At some point in time, there does have to be a recognition of the scope of the problem as such. You just can't conserve your way out of it. So now they're focusing on longer term projects that will help them kind of find new sources of water. They're using federal money to chip in on big, expensive construction. 22 cities in central Arizona are pooling their money to make an existing dam taller and store more water during wet winters.