Lack of Arizona drought plan would mean chaos and uncertainty, water experts say
by Tony Davis | Arizona Daily Star
“Horrible” and “chaos” are among the outcomes that water experts are predicting for Arizona if the Legislature fails to approve a drought contingency plan for the Colorado River.
Among the concerns raised by experts in academia and government about the potential failure to approve a drought plan:
- Pinal County farmers, whose concerns have been at the center over the drought plan debate, would be the hardest hit.
- California, which for the first time in a half-century had agreed to take cuts in its Colorado River deliveries under a drought plan, would be freed of that obligation and likely wouldn’t take cuts.
