Why we won't be moving to Prescott (Prescott Valley: appointed, home)

[Ex New Yorker]

Originally Posted by Deeela

Funny, I found myself disagreeing with him on everything too. :-)

That makes three of us!

[autism360]

Originally Posted by Ex New Yorker

That makes three of us!

Make that 4 keeping in mind new homes with new water efficient appliances,landscaping and plumbing are far more efficient than older homes.

[Hschlick84]

Originally Posted by autism360

Make that 4 keeping in mind new homes with new water efficient appliances,landscaping and plumbing are far more efficient than older homes.

Make that 5.

[infocyde]

Originally Posted by BriansPerspective

Your first link references southeast AZ, which is irrelevant for the Little Chino aquifer, which is Prescott's water source.

Your second link is outdated and has some vague references to diminishing water, but no details.

Your third link has well postings for the Big Chino aquifer and the Verde aquifer, which again is irrelevant for the Little Chino aquifer.

To be honest I didn't look at the links...but if the Verde aquifer is depleting I wouldn't be so quick to say that is irrelevant. Considering things are interconnected that is a sign worth paying attention to.

That being said, I seriously doubt the area will run out of water in 10 years. From my understanding of aquifers (which granted is very limited) you will have lots of sink holes pop out of nowhere long before water depletion becomes a looming crisis. The sink holes are the first signs. When those start showing up I would worry, but I wouldn't expect those to show up anytime soon. Eventually, sure. But not for a long time to come...and when the do come, those who lobbied hard for expanding the population here will have cashed out and moved on decades before...

[6G1Z]

Originally Posted by infocyde

...those who lobbied hard for expanding the population here will have cashed out and moved on decades before...

EXACTLY!!!

I'm invested in the area & intend to stay.

I pay attention to the FACT that many land owners wells have gone dry.

Read & absorb the information in the reports.

How did the aquifer develop?

How is it being replenished?

How many of you are aware that you may be drinking "treated waste-water effluent"?

[LadmoFan]

The question to ask is what is the over draft? The local water agency should have that information. If Prescott/Prescott Valley is over drafting you will run out of water some day.

I live in an area where this is some dispute about how much water is in our aquifer. We have moved towards water conservation and most yards are now Xeriscaped. We are being cautious as water is a precious resource.

As to the rest:

Californians will move to Arizona. Most Californians tend to lean towards the liberal spectrum. Some do not. I am one of those conservatives as I was brought up with Arizona values. Both my parents met and married in Phoenix. I lived in Phoenix about 10 years before heading to California.

[6G1Z]

Originally Posted by LadmoFan

The question to ask is what is the over draft? The local water agency should have that information. If Prescott/Prescott Valley is over drafting you will run out of water some day....

Based upon the older studies, approximately 1.5' annually.

http://www.azwater.gov/azdwr/Statewi...as/default.htm

http://www.azwater.gov/azdwr/Statewi..._PRE_final.pdf

[BriansPerspective]

Originally Posted by infocyde

To be honest I didn't look at the links...but if the Verde aquifer is depleting I wouldn't be so quick to say that is irrelevant. Considering things are interconnected that is a sign worth paying attention to.

That being said, I seriously doubt the area will run out of water in 10 years. From my understanding of aquifers (which granted is very limited) you will have lots of sink holes pop out of nowhere long before water depletion becomes a looming crisis. The sink holes are the first signs. When those start showing up I would worry, but I wouldn't expect those to show up anytime soon. Eventually, sure. But not for a long time to come...and when the do come, those who lobbied hard for expanding the population here will have cashed out and moved on decades before...

Fair enough, there may be some relevance through comparison. In any case, I was mostly disturbed by the hyperbole of running out of water in 10 years. It seems like there is a great deal of alarmism in communication lately, which gets tiring.

[agorski]

The city of Prescott water department had a booth at the Earth Day event on the Courthouse Plaza and they showed me a chart over time of the average water usage per home in Prescott. I was pleasantly shocked at how the average has dropped precipitously since the city started their water conservation campaign. I can't remember the exact numbers but over the last ten years the average per month dropped from around 6000 gallons/month to more like 1200 gallons/month.

A city council member assured me that the water savings were NOT being given to new developments as allocations to allow more construction.

[6G1Z]

Originally Posted by agorski

The city of Prescott water department had a booth at the Earth Day event on the Courthouse Plaza and they showed me a chart over time of the average water usage per home in Prescott. I was pleasantly shocked at how the average has dropped precipitously since the city started their water conservation campaign. I can't remember the exact numbers but over the last ten years the average per month dropped from around 6000 gallons/month to more like 1200 gallons/month.

A city council member assured me that the water savings were NOT being given to new developments as allocations to allow more construction.

Individual water conservation is admirable.

Did they include information on how many new users there are over the last 10 years?

Any information on rain water harvesting & storage?