The stories advise to limit your consumption of a "bottom-feeder" , but it goes way deeper than that!
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8 August 2021
ANSWERING THE QUESTION ARE WE CONTAMINATED: In More Ways than PFAS
On top of the $150,000,000 for SBWTP and the $200,000,000 for the GWTP, take a look>
As you can see in the infographic to the right, the taxpayer burden for costs in the City of Mesa's FY17/18 Wastewater Treatment Bond Projects in this fiscal year's budget amount to $45,3000,000 > 23.9%.
Together with the costs of water at $80,9000,000 (42.5%) they consume 2/3 or 66.3% of the entire Budget Pie.
Wastewater costs more than 2X as much as the total amount spent on Parks and 5x as much as money spent on Electric.
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An article updated one day ago brings up possible problems here in Mesa where 2 Master-Planned Communities, Eastmark and Cadence @ Gateway are located.
Other expansion of residential areas around former WW2 base Falcon Field may also be part of issues that are raised in this reporting.
Sites that the City of Mesa uses to monitor water quality might not provide the information that is needed to measure contaminants in the soil, where the testing for these PSFAs are not currently required.
Governor Ducey Calls On Department Of Defense To Promptly Address Groundwater Contamination In Arizona
PHOENIX — Governor
Doug Ducey is calling on the U.S. Department of Defense to take prompt
action to address Pentagon-related groundwater contamination near
Arizona’s military installations.
In an April 27
letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Governor Ducey requested
DOD to identify and treat water in Arizona contaminated in the areas
surrounding four DOD installations and to prevent additional human
exposure to PFAS from other DOD facilities in Arizona.
The four installations with known impacts to groundwater—Luke
Air Force Base, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Morris Air National Guard
Base and the former Williams Air Force Base—are located in the two most
populous metropolitan areas in Arizona, and each is surrounded by
businesses and residential communities where thousands of Arizonans
live, work and rely on clean groundwater for drinking.
The water is contaminated by per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).
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September 2021
Planet Earth Observations: Decades of Drought on Surface-Waters
New NASA satellite to continue half a century of changing Earth observations
"Landsat has provided a critical reference for assessing long-term changes."
18 September 2021
Influence-Maker Jordan Rose: Pinal has Water. . .What She Doesn't Disclose Her Clients are Real Estate Developers
The city expected it would take 20 years or more to sell the land. But two years ago, PLH approached the city with interest in purchasing the land in phases over five years. . More than 5 years ago, this LAND DEAL was one of the largest in Mesa's history.
How Pinal County defies the odds to increase development in a drought
By Madelaine Braggs | Rose Law Group Reporter
With a massive influx of new out of state residents filling Phoenix metro vacancies, Arizona desperately needs housing development to grow in Pinal County, but with no groundwater.
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HOLD ON!
It seems like an impossible task… however, Pinal Partnership is proving that the solutions are here, legislation just needs to get on the same page.
At this week’s Pinal Partnership panel Water Solutions 2.0, moderated by Rose Law Group founder and president Jordan Rose, farmers, former mayors, stakeholders and regulators all gathered to share their expertise. While the situation is daunting, it turns out there is a way to develop through a drought.
I can’t get a new assured water supply determination, what can I do?
Terri Sue Rossi, Water Resources Manager at Arizona Water Company, says if a project plan brings something compelling to the table, there’s a chance they can make a deal.
“We’re looking at the property and figuring out all the assets that exist in your control that we can leverage to create an assured water supply.”
But it won’t be easy. Questions will arise such as, “Are you located in an irrigation district where we can deliver water? Or can you with your rights? Can we recover that irrigation system and then build and isolate a water system for your subdivision?”
To create a water system to serve a housing development, without new groundwater permits, builders essentially must include an irrigation system and treatment plan that would have to bring water from a resource like the Colorado River, for example. It would have to be funneled somehow into Arizona canals, purified and then into homes
Shocked reactions continue to be expressed following Tuesday’s announcement that the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Reclamation will be cutting Arizona’s supply from the Colorado River by 20 percent as of Jan. 1, 2023.
“The federal government has failed to offer a plan that requires all states to make the cuts necessary to save the Colorado from system collapse,” said Stanton, a Democrat. “Today’s announcement merely kicks the can down the road and risks turning this crisis into catastrophe.”
Stanton may be calling on the federal government to “play a stronger role” now, but he was not seen as very concerned about water preservation when he served from 2012 to 2018 as the Mayor for the city of Phoenix, or during his eight years on the Phoenix City Council.
Officials in Phoenix have been often criticized for failing to involve all stakeholders in water conservation plans and for pushing “publicity friendly” ideas which do not adequately address long-term planning needs or economic realities.
Another politician being called out for his response to the Colorado River cuts is U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly, who is now demanding the Department of Interior make long-term solutions “an urgent priority,” despite the fact Arizona’s water future has been a top priority for state Republicans for several years.
Earlier this year, Gov. Doug Ducey signed Senate Bill 1740 which provides a $1 billion investment for projects providing additional water for the state. In addition, the governor is currently accepting applications for the Water Infrastructure Finance Authority Board created as part of the legislation.
11 November 2020
Are The Cows Already "Outta-The-Barn" In Pinal County? > Pinal County will intervene in sale of Johnson Utilities
There's
definitely "Something-In-The-Water" - in the murky history and double
back-handed dirty money deals running through the pipelines of politics
in Pinal County. Some people crossing county lines in Mesa and Queen
Creek don't exactly have 'clean hands' to show for all their efforts.
The final hearing before the Arizona Corporate Commission is set for Nov. 18 - a week ahead of today for the proposed sale to EPCOR. If that's not all ready too complicated as an un-settled compromise, there's more:
To learn the purchase price, the county will need to approve a non-disclosure agreement, . .Johnson Utilities customer John Dantico strongly urged the board to intervene, as the county is the closest government entity for more than 100,000 people whose quality of life will be affected for decades to come, he said.
“Everyone is in favor of EPCOR acquiring Johnson Utilities but there are important issues that need to be reviewed in the hearing like how EPCOR intends to provide service to areas that are still subject to a moratorium and how much this acquisition will impact ratepayers with future rate increases.
Comment by Deal--Maker Court Rich, Rose Law Group Co-Founder
(Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents landowners and homebuilders working with the ACC to find a utility solution in the Johnson Utilities service area.)
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