Comment by razingeden

>Phoenix sits on like a gazillion years worth of water that they squirreled away

True, but most of the groundwater under phoenix was contaminated by three superfund projects . Article [0] is from 2019 and says it’s “delayed”. They hit some targets in 2024, supposedly working on it with review due sometime this year [1]

[0] https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-environme...

[1] https://www.epa.gov/superfund-redevelopment/superfund-sites-...

Some of the suburbs haven’t been reached by the groundwater plumes, but phoenix itself was 2/3 in scope. So you don’t have a supply issue in maricopa city (which is a whole separate water district.. and an expensive one too: $100 bill even if you don’t use a drop), city of Scottsdale, etc