Water Problems: Global, others dispute state’s 100-year outlook
The three founding members of the Pinal County Groundwater Task Force answer questions at the Pinal Partnership’s monthly breakfast on November 22 in Chandler. The three leaders are, from left, William Garfield from Arizona Water Company, Jake Lenderking from Global Water and Pinal County Supervisor Steve Miller.
Water is a basic necessity for human existence, and the idea of losing it can cause a visceral reaction.
So, when the director of Arizona Department of Water Resources said Pinal County would be 8 million acre-feet short of meeting demand in 100 years, pushback was almost immediate. Water companies, water groups and elected officials declared the information ADWR included in its update to the Pinal Active Management Area model was flawed.
But while saying ADWR was underestimating water resources and overestimating use, they concurred water conservation is important.
