As Arizona enters what is likely to be its third decade of unprecedented drought, the proposed Resolution Copper mine just east of Superior at the site of Oak Flat has become a symbol of the fight over economic development, dwindling water supplies, and the preservation of Native American heritage and publicly owned open spaces.
Save Our Soundside President Dara Hartigan speaks at the town hall meeting Sunday, July 25.
The citizen activist group Save Our Soundside hosted a town hall meeting Sunday afternoon to discuss “next steps” after Santa Rosa County commissioners voted 4-1 this month to allow clear-cutting in their land development code.
One of those next steps could be through the courts.
“We’re not going to give up,” Save Our Soundside President Dara Hartigan said to a crowd of about 75 in the Tiger Point Community Center. “We’ve got to get this done one way or another and a lawsuit may be the way we have to go.”
Southern Water has outlined plans to tackle a drought. SOUTHERN Water is planning to spend hundreds of millions of pounds on keeping Hampshire s rivers and taps flowing during a drought. The company says its Water for Life – Hampshire programme will revolutionise the way it sources, treats and supplies water across the county over the next decade. Southern Water is seeking planning consent for a desalination plant in the Fawley area which will produce up to 75 million litres of water per day. The proposed plant will supply communities across Hampshire during periods of drought. Southern Water is also exploring a range of alternatives in case the desalination scheme proves undeliverable.