As two state representatives vow to help them, Rio Verde Foothills residents spent another week piecing the puzzle of the recent past in looking for answers to their water problems.
When residents of the Rio Verde Foothills learned they would lose access to a key water supply, distrust of Big Government hampered their search for a solution.
These are desperate days for the Colorado River. The pulsing lifeblood of the U.S. southwest is increasingly parched. To avert catastrophe, the U.S. government will, within weeks, propose historic cuts in water access to protect a system on which some 40 million people directly rely.