Florence aims to be model of Southwest water policy
by Mark Cowling | Florence Reminder & Blade Tribune
Surrounded by fellow town officials, teachers and seventh graders studying the water cycle, Mayor Tara Walter cuts the ribbon to celebrate the town’s new water recharge area Oct. 15 behind the town’s south wastewater treatment plant./Mark Cowling/PinalCentral
While the county and state fret over dwindling water, the town of Florence has worked creatively in recent years to amass an abundant assured supply, Town Manager Brent Billingsley told the Florence Planning and Zoning Commission.
“Florence is a leader in groundwater management and sustainability among small towns in Arizona,” Billingsley told the commission on Nov. 7.
The town has an assured water supply designation from the state of 15,069 acre-feet per year and is able to provide letters of supply to developers without having to secure outside sources.
