By Jeremy Duda | AXIOS Phoenix
Queen Creek received a long-awaited green light from the Bureau of Reclamation to finalize a controversial plan to buy water directly from farmland along the Colorado River.
The Bureau of Reclamation on Friday issued a document known as a Finding of No Significant Impact for Queen Creek’s plan.
It clears the way for the town and the bureau to sign contracts and finalize several other agreements for the water, which Queen Creek could begin receiving as early as January, utility director Paul Gardner tells Axios.
“It was a pretty monumental decision,” Gardner says.
