sc sc scottdale water. the man delivering the bad news is john. there s no question about it. the drought is reality. rio verde is the first domino to drop. are people taking it seriously now? they re not. water is more precious than you realize and once you go to your faucet and turn it on and there s no water, then its value becomes real. reporter: across swaths of urban arizona signs of drought aren t immediately obvious. as the taps run dry developers keep building. this is a symbol of the massive growth. reporter: maricopa county which includes the rio verde foothills is the fastest growing in the nation adding more residents last year than any other county but as cities boom the drought pushes arizona farmers to the brink. thanks to the colorado river, the county is or at least was one of the most productive
it seriously enough? they re not. water is more precious than you realize. and once you go to your faucet and you turn it on and there s no water, then its value becomes real. reporter: across swaths of urban arizona, signs of drought aren t immediately obvious. as the taps run dry, developers keep building. this is a symbol of the massacre of maricopa county. reporter: maricopa county is the fastest-growing in the nation, adding more residents last year than any other county. but as cities boom, the drought pushes arizona farmers to the brink. thanks to colorado river, this county is or at least was one of the most productive farming regions in the united states. the crops grown here are shipped all over the country. but as the megadrought continues to worsen and water supplies dry up, farmers here fear their fertile fields could become desert again. we lost all of our water. reporter: for three generations, this man s family
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