House water committee suggests local task force to address issues
by Suzanne Adams-Ockrassa | Maricopa Monitor
@PinalCounty’s Board of Supervisors meeting room is the site of today’s House Ad Hoc Committee on Pinal County Groundwater. Thank you to @RepDavidCook for having these meetings in #LD08. #MakingLivesBetter pic.twitter.com/4etybO5kBW
— T.J. Shope (@TJShopeforAZ) October 21, 2019
A group of local developers, government officials, residents, water suppliers and farmers may be tasked with finding a solution to the county’s water dilemmas.
State Rep. David Cook, R-Globe, asked Pinal County Supervisor Steve Miller, R-Casa Grande, to consider chairing a local task force that would try to come up with possible solutions. Cook also asked Arizona Water Company President Bill Garfield and Jake Lenderking, the director of water resources for Global Water Resources, to serve on the task force as co-vice chairs.
“The solution has to be from the bottom up for Pinal County,” Cook said.