By Robert Glennon and John Leshy | The Arizona Republic
Professors: Rural Arizona’s water supply needs more protection, not less. Senate Bills 1268 and 1400 take protection away
(Editor’s note: Opinion pieces are posted for discussion purposes only.)
As businesses increasingly consider water supply risks in choosing where to locate, Arizona has been fortunate because it has in place laws that require developers to prove that they have an “assured” or an “adequate” 100-year water supply.
These sensible consumer protection rules put an end to the unseemly practice of selling land without water to gullible purchasers, a practice that had long sullied Arizona’s reputation around the nation.
Related: Water supply bill favorable to cities passes Senate/Rose Law Group Reporter
