By Alexis Egeland | The Republic
Most golf courses across the country have started to use non-potable, untreated water to maintain their green lawns. But there are a handful of courses in Phoenix still watering with drinking water.
The privately owned Moon Valley Country Club and Pointe Tapatio Lookout Mountain Golf Club have both been using drinking water since they were developed almost 60 years ago. But that will soon change.
It seems counterintuitive to take drinking water from a desert community and use it to water the expansive lawns of a golf course. That’s what Phoenix Councilwoman Debra Stark thought.
