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25 May 2019
Troubled Waters Here In The East Valley: Who Ya Gonna Call?
It's not just about Johnson Utilities in Queen Creek and the newly-incorporated city of San Tan Valley. There are many more dots to connect that have been slow-dripping in the spigot of what gets published.
What does put this topic at the top-of-the-list are serious. So far few reporters have feared to go there - diving deep into the culture here of politics and corruption that permeate nearly every level of government in the East Valley landscape in most municipalities: where finance, and real estate interests are entangled with corruption at the highest levels. . .
An Info-Graphic: Half-Full or Half-Empty? Denials aside, and meeting last-minute deadlines not met by the Arizona State House, let's step back from the political-wranglings in Phoenix of the most precious commodity here in the desert: Water.
There's a new report published today from the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies:Part IV of Crisis On The Colorado: ". . . The fate of the Hohokam holds lessons these days for Arizona, as the most severe drought since their time has gripped the region. But while the Hohokam succumbed to the mega-drought, the city of Phoenix and its neighbors are desperately scrambling to avoid a similar fate — no easy task in a desert that gets less than 8 inches of rain a year. . . "
The reports cites a two-decade drought earlier in the history of the Salt River Valley:
"The Hohokam were an ancient people who lived in the arid Southwest, their empire now mostly buried beneath the sprawl of some 4.5 million people who inhabit modern-day Phoenix, Arizona and its suburbs. Hohokam civilization was characterized by farm fields irrigated by the Salt and Gila rivers with a sophisticated system of carefully calibrated canals, the only prehistoric culture in North America with so advanced a farming system.
Then in 1276, tree ring data shows, a withering drought descended on the Southwest, lasting more than two decades. It is believed to be a primary cause of the collapse of Hohokam society. . . "
Supplying enough water to sustain the Suburban Sprawl of a Metro Region this size in the desert has long been controversial
2nd REVISEDN O T I C E
SPECIAL OPEN MEETIG NOTICE OF THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION
Water Preparedness 2021
Docket No. W-99999A-21-0265
Stakeholder Meeting and Workshop
Tuesday, September 21, 202110:009:00 A.M.
Hearing Room One
1200 W. Washington St.
Phoenix, AZ 85007
This shall serve as notice of an open meeting at the above location for consideration and discussion of the items on the agenda and other matters related thereto. Commissioners may attend the proceedings in person, or by telephone, video, or internet conferencing,and may use this open meeting to ask questions about the matters on the agenda. The parties to the matters to be discussed or their legal representatives are requested, though not required, to attend telephonically. The Commissioners may move to executive session, which will not be open to the public, for the purpose of legal advice pursuant to A.R.S. § 38-431.03 (A) (3) on the matters noticed herein.
Because of the Covid-19 pandemic, only essential Commission staff will attend in person. The public is strongly discouraged from attending in person. The public will be able to participate by either watching and listening to the meeting online or listening to the meeting via telephone. Participants will be invited to and may attend by video or internet conferencing. For those wishing to enter an appearance or provide public comment, please use the dial in phone numbers. Once the item for which you are appearing or providing public comment is concluded, please hang up and watch the live stream.
Persons with a disability may request reasonable accommodations by contacting the Commission Secretary listed above at least 48 hours prior to the scheduled commencement of the Open Meeting.
Agendas are also available online at: azcc.gov/agendas
Dial-in Phone Number:1-866-705-2554 Passcode to Speak: 241497
This meeting will be available online at: http://www.azcc.gov/live
AGENDA
- Opening Remarks - Commissioners (ITEM ADDED)
- Introductions - Staff (ITEM ADDED)
- Arizona Department of Water Resources (“ADWR”)
- Central Arizona Project (“CAP”) and Central Arizona Water Conservation District (“CAWCD”)
- EPCOR/Rio Verde Utilities
- Arizona Water Company
- Global Water-Santa Cruz Water Company (ITEM ADDED)
- Liberty Utilities ((Litchfield Park Water and Sewer, Bella Vista Water, and Rio Rico Water and Sewer)
- Robson Communities (Lago Del Oro Water Company, Pima Utility Company, Quail Creek Water Company, and Picacho Water Company)
- Far West Water & Sewer, Inc.
- Sahuarita Water Company L.L.C.
- Community Water Company of Green Valley
- Bermuda Water Company, Inc.
- Doney Park Water
- Vail Water Company
- Valley Utilities Water Company, Inc.
- Sunrise Water Company
- Avra Water Cooperative, Inc.
- Pueblo Del Sol Water Company
- Big Park Water Company
- Camp Verde Water System, Inc.
- Valley Pioneer's Water Company, Inc.
- Rose Valley Water Company
- Farmers Water Company
- Goodman Water Company
- Morenci Water and Electric Company
- Ray Water Company, Inc.
- Utility Source, LLC
- Graham County Utilities, Inc.
- Closing Remarks - Commissioners and Staff (ITEM ADDED)
NOTE: NO VOTES ON ANY SUBSTANTIVE MATTER WILL BE TAKEN DURING THIS MEETING.
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