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Old 08-11-2021, 10:32 AM
 
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I've been here about 12 years, I've always heard people mumble about this. Someone told me last weekend they had plans in place if the basin stayed 100+ feet or whatever below where it needs to be. He was upset about the never ending sprawl to the south east.

Are they coming and what would it mean exactly?

I live in a rental home with 3 adults and a diving pool in Tempe.
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Old 08-11-2021, 11:11 AM
 
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I would have thought water levels are rising due to the rainy monsoon this year. Is that not the case?
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Old 08-11-2021, 11:13 AM
 
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If they raise the price of water, not so mysteriously, consumption will go down. IMO, that will be the eventual approach. Before then, the farmers are going to get hit.
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Old 08-11-2021, 12:04 PM
 
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In Vegas, they launched a successful conservation program that was so successful, their revenue dropped ten percent.... Then, they raised rates...
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Old 08-11-2021, 02:01 PM
 
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In Vegas, they launched a successful conservation program that was so successful, their revenue dropped ten percent.... Then, they raised rates...
In all fairness, fees are based on usage. The more you use, the more you pay which is fair. They have a tier based fee system. If you don't go above the first tier your bill is pretty cheap. And the first tier gives you a reasonable amount of gallons.
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Old 08-11-2021, 03:01 PM
 
Location: Sonoran Desert
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There are drought plans ready for all imaginable scenarios. Residential users are the last to be hit, and there is a long way to go before that happens. The Phoenix metro has multiple sources of water including groundwater, banked groundwater, surface supplies from the Salt River, the Central Arizona Project and if things get desperate, huge amounts of brackish groundwater that could be desalted ($$$). There is a shortage situation on the Central Arizona Project. The restrictions in effect now are largely reductions on Pinal County agricultural interests and some other low priority uses.
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Old 08-11-2021, 03:06 PM
 
Location: Metro Phoenix, AZ USA
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I would have thought water levels are rising due to the rainy monsoon this year. Is that not the case?
The biggest contributor to the water supply is the runoff from winter snow, not the summer monsoon. The monsoon helps some, but not as much as you would think.
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Old 08-11-2021, 03:10 PM
 
Location: Coolidge, AZ
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In Vegas, they launched a successful conservation program that was so successful, their revenue dropped ten percent.... Then, they raised rates...
At my house my water bill fee went way up a few months ago. I don't use a lot of water and usage hasn't changed but my bill has almost doubled due to that. Arizona Water Company
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Old 08-11-2021, 03:17 PM
 
Location: Metro Phoenix, AZ USA
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At my house my water bill fee went way up a few months ago. I don't use a lot of water and usage hasn't changed but my bill has almost doubled due to that. Arizona Water Company

Private water companies like that are a whole other story.
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Old 08-11-2021, 04:41 PM
 
Location: Chandler, AZ
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At my house my water bill fee went way up a few months ago. I don't use a lot of water and usage hasn't changed but my bill has almost doubled due to that. Arizona Water Company
I hear Payson's water just went up ~28% as well...and it was already expensive.
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