The water issue

[Ponderosa]

Originally Posted by Fletchman

I just visited Arizona and couldn't believe the number of faux lakes and golf courses.

I enjoyed visiting the place, but I would never consider living there, mainly because I don't think the water situation is sustainable.

The Colorado River cannot support the uncontrolled growth in the Southwest. Especially if people expect the place to look as lush as Florida.

I don't mean to be disrespectful, but really, why would you make a decision based on what you "think" rather than learn the facts? The reality is that the Phoenix area has ample water supplies for decades and decades of growth (that's not the case in other parts of the state though) and a population several times larger than the current one. BTW, I don't know what you saw, but there is a very good chance that the faux lakes and golf courses you mention are filled with and irrigated by treated effluent.

[kdog]

Originally Posted by Trisher

AZ, I'm curious how prevalent this problem is in other areas of Arizona. We've been planning to move to Kingman, but am reading just all I can find on Arizona so we can make the best decision for our future. Any input on Kingman and water anyone?

Yes. Kingman city water is excellent tasting, pure, and plentiful. We sit on our own aquifer that seems bottomless. No water issues at all, at least not yet. In 50 years after they add another 80,000 homes which is what they're talking about, who knows. But today, we're in really good shape.

[ArizonaBear]

Originally Posted by Trisher

AZ, I'm curious how prevalent this problem is in other areas of Arizona. We've been planning to move to Kingman, but am reading just all I can find on Arizona so we can make the best decision for our future. Any input on Kingman and water anyone?

Word has it that Kingman's groundwater supplies are among the best here in Arizona. Perhaps due in part to the mine N of there having been closed about 30 years ago.

Side note: have you ever visited Kingman? Why I asked is I see you are Charleston, W Va. and I used to spend parts of the summers there when I was below age 10 back in the mid 1960's. Long story short: the downtown part of Kingman along Beale St (Rte 66) is reminiscent of W Charleston, without the Kanawha River, obviously

[chandler-ana]

you cant drink the water in the valley. (phoenix and surr)

before i got a reverse osmosis system, even my cat and dog drank bottled water.

we never ran out.

chandler boasts the most faux lakes and i dont worry about it at all.
isnt california falling into the ocean ?

[ArizonaBear]

Originally Posted by chandler-ana

you cant drink the water in the valley. (phoenix and surr)

before i got a reverse osmosis system, even my cat and dog drank bottled water.

we never ran out.

chandler boasts the most faux lakes and i dont worry about it at all.
isnt california falling into the ocean ?

I drink our water (Phx area) straight from the tap and I ain't dead yet.

Now; if we are discussing Sierra Vista, I would be concerned due to the leukemia cancer clusters attributed to SV's water supplies.

[nitram]

Ya know, I moved here in 1963 and these same stories and complaints were bantered about then, and still have been going on ever since. And look where we are now.

[borborygmi]

Well, one thing is now officially certain: in the event that there ever is a water crisis in this part of the country, the western states will be getting no help from the Great Lakes. Read here:

Great Lakes compact gets swift approval by Congress | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press