Arizona careening towards water shortage crisis
by Peter Aleshire | Casa Grande Dispatch
Pinal County farmers will likely have to reduce their use of Colorado River water by 40% in coming years as the state’s 20-year mega-drought continues and the reservoirs on the Colorado River dwindle.
Arizona’s now facing a water crisis that could dry up rural areas all over the state and confront the Valley with a crippling water shortage in the coming decades, according to a recently completed study by the Center for Colorado River Studies.
The Valley and Tucson will also have to reduce their share of Colorado River water by 40% in coming years – and that’s likely the best case scenario, the study concluded.
