After nine months without a reliable water source, Rio Verde Foothills has reached a water deal with the city of Scottsdale. Scottsdale City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a plan to allow water deliveries to its neighboring, unincorporated community to resume through 2025. Hundreds of homes in Rio Verde Foothills rely on hauled water. For years, haulers filled their
Scottsdale City Council members will soon deliberate a proposed intergovernmental agreement to provide water to the Rio Verde Foothills Standpipe District.The council is scheduled to meet Tuesday to consider the logistics of the agreement.
Arizona’s water director is looking at proposals to allow some development to use groundwater in fast-growing fringes of the Phoenix area — just a month after halting new growth relying