Will Phoenix have water still 20 years from now? (Tucson: modular home, high school)

[JGMotorsport64]

Originally Posted by Midpack

Though it was published 7 years ago, and it's 467 pages. Offering up a quote from the report in response to the OP's question might be helpful to CD readers...

A quote in a 400 page report where only 60 are relevant to Phoenix? I'd be butchering it.

It's a comprehensive report for people actually interested. If you're too lazy I can't help you. It breaks down every well within the area, groundwater draft levels, water sourcing, water demand, water supply, water supply over time, contingencies to deal with shortage, cultural demand, future supplies, it all.

But for those too lazy to even get to the ToC, Phoenix is covered at 101 to 176.

[locolife]

Yawn.... same question and false claims being touted every decade since Phoenix came to exist. Well run out of water right when California falls into the ocean.

What part of the fact that we use less water now then the 1980s don't people understand?

[Reginald Buckingham]

Originally Posted by locolife

Yawn.... same question and false claims being touted every decade since Phoenix came to exist. Well run out of water right when California falls into the ocean.

What part of the fact that we use less water now then the 1980s don't people understand?

Yea but there's 6 million now and that don't include Snowbirds.

[ScottsdaleMark]

Originally Posted by Reginald Buckingham

Yea but there's 6 million now and that don't include Snowbirds.

...using less water.

[locolife]

Originally Posted by Reginald Buckingham

Yea but there's 6 million now and that don't include Snowbirds.

Converting citrus farms into neighborhoods = less total water use. Until we reach a point that residential water is greater then agriculture use I'm not even slightly worried. Add to this the fact that most residential use goes to watering non-native landscaping and you can see how this is really a non-issue. Worst case scenario is people will be forced to live without acres of lawns planted all over the desert, which probably isn't all that bad of a thing anyway...

You're trying to make it sound like people won't have water to drink, this isn't even close to reality.

[JGMotorsport64]

Originally Posted by Reginald Buckingham

Yea but there's 6 million now and that don't include Snowbirds.

The report I sent you indicates that water demand has dropped in Phoenix from 1960 until the report. In the 60s Phoenix used 2.9 million acre feet of water each year. Today, that number is 2.3 maf and still going down.

Additionally, due to management policies, Phoenix uses 2x the amount of renewable water than it did before, thereby reducing its groundwater draft dramatically. Some wells in the east valley are actually experiencing decreased well depth despite growth.

[KurtAZ]

You are correct. We won't have any water. Move away and/or never consider coming here.

[sexxxcblac]

Originally Posted by KurtAZ

You are correct. We won't have any water. Move away and/or never consider coming here.

I totally agree !

[KurtAZ]

This question has been answered in SOOOO many threads...do we really need another one to re-hash the non-existence of a water problem in Phoenix? There is a HUGE difference with the way AZ manages their water supply compared to all the other states on their list. Sure there is a potential for a problem but nothing that we wouldn't see coming.

Oh, and I can still fill my pool up for $40.

[locolife]

Originally Posted by KurtAZ

This question has been answered in SOOOO many threads...do we really need another one to re-hash the non-existence of a water problem in Phoenix? There is a HUGE difference with the way AZ manages their water supply compared to all the other states on their list. Sure there is a potential for a problem but nothing that we wouldn't see coming.

Oh, and I can still fill my pool up for $40.

No we don't need anymore but unknowlegable posters continue to start threads lacking any real facts time and time again.