Metro Phoenix has groundwater challenges. But that’s no excuse to ‘dumb down’ the rules

Opinion: A recent report raises serious issues about long-term groundwater availability in metro Phoenix. But knee-jerk actions are the last things we need.

Jon Kyl and Bruce Babbitt opinion contributors

Growth in metro Phoenix will now have to occur on renewable sources, like surface water or effluent.

Arizona continues to grow and prosper, not least because, for the most part, we have been good stewards of our water supplies. 

One of the “tools” we use is the assured water supply requirements in the Groundwater Management Act that was passed and signed into law in 1980. 

Among other things, the act designates several “active management areas” (AMAs) in urban areas with pressures on water supply from expected growth.

The Phoenix AMA includes greater Phoenix and surrounding areas in Maricopa County. 

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