Arizona officials announced Thursday the state will no longer grant certifications for new developments within the Phoenix area, as groundwater rapidly disappears amid years of water overuse and climate change-driven drought.
As someone who lives in the Front Range of Colorado, I probably have little latitude to say anything, but… good. We are collectively running the Colorado river dry. It’s a trickle by the time it gets to Mexico.
2023 has been a band aid on a shutgun wound type year. We had great snow in CO which is replenishing some reservoirs, California had too much rain, but I am not sure if any of this is replenishing the deep aquifers that a lot of places rely on. Lack of water out this way is scary.
As someone who lives in the Front Range of Colorado, I probably have little latitude to say anything, but… good. We are collectively running the Colorado river dry. It’s a trickle by the time it gets to Mexico.
2023 has been a band aid on a shutgun wound type year. We had great snow in CO which is replenishing some reservoirs, California had too much rain, but I am not sure if any of this is replenishing the deep aquifers that a lot of places rely on. Lack of water out this way is scary.