Residents of #RioVerde Foothills outside #Scottsdale have tried for years to resolve the looming crisis to no avail as the deadline to stop their #water deliveries draws closer, forcing individual homeowners to find their own sources of water for #drinking, #bathing, #washing dishes or doing their #laundry.
As #ClimateChange makes the western United States hotter and drier, the looming crisis in Rio Verde Foothills exemplifies how cities and states could be forced to vie for a diminishing amount of the natural resource.
The rural community of about 2,200 homes in #unincorporated #Maricopa County does not have its own water system, and most residents get their water from private wells on their properties. But more than 500 #homeowners rely strictly on truck haulers to deliver water from a standpipe in Scottsdale. Another 200 whose wells are running dry periodically use the water haulers, as well, residents say.