By Ryan Randazzo and Carrie Watters | The Republic
State regulators are concerned that the possible sale of Circle City Water Co. to the city of Surprise could leave a developer that owns 5,000 acres of land near Lake Pleasant without a guaranteed water supply.
Surprise is conducting a special election that ends Tuesday for voters to decide if the city should take over the small water company with 187 customers. If voters approve, the City Council will negotiate the deal.
The developer, Lake Pleasant 5000 LLC, owns undeveloped land that is within the Circle City water territory but is two to three miles outside the city of Surprise.