Utilities serving Queen Creek, Apache Junction and Gold Canyon have formed a regional partnership to find and construct a nearby site to recharge groundwater to obtain long-term storage credits.

The regional water recharge project is in its infancy, with officials meeting three times since the beginning of the year.

Despite remnants of hurricanes Rosa and Sergio causing localized flooding in the region and helping make October the wettest for Phoenix since records were first kept in 1895, local and state officials are concerned for the future.

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