Cody Reim went to the Arizona Legislature on Tuesday to beg for help. “We’re almost 40 days without water,” he told the Senate Government Committee. “To my family, friends, horses and livestock, ...
NEAR SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - A rural Arizona town's battle for water has captured national and global attention. Now, it appears the pleas for help have been answered as Arizona's Governor signed a bill ...
This story is part of the Grist series Parched, an in-depth look at how climate change-fueled drought is reshaping communities, economies, and ecosystems. Late last year, Leigh Harris logged onto a ...
Drive just North of Scottsdale, Arizona, and you'll find a loose grid of dirt roads known as the Rio Verde Foothills. It's home to around 2,000 families drawn to rustic desert beauty and the freedom ...
PHOENIX – Three years after the city of Scottsdale left Rio Verde Foothills high and dry, the unincorporated desert community has a new permanent water supply. EPCOR turned on the taps at its new Rio ...
RIO VERDE, AZ — For months, families in the Rio Verde Foothills have been looking for a new source of water. As ABC15 previously reported, because of the drought, Scottsdale officials announced that ...
The national press has had a field day with two not-so-positive Arizona water stories. About 500 homes in the unincorporated community of Rio Verde Foothills can no longer haul water from Scottsdale, ...
The consequences of a long-standing drought in the American Southwest have been acutely felt by one desert community in Arizona. On January 1, the city of Scottsdale cut off its water supply to Rio ...
PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona judge says she won’t compel Scottsdale to resume an arrangement that allowed residents of a neighboring community to get their water from a city standpipe, saying the flap ...
RIO VERDE FOOTHILLS, AZ (3TV/CBS 5) - It’s a story that’s making national headlines. On January 1, 2023, about 1,000 people who live in the Rio Verde Foothills had their water supply cut off by the ...
An Arizona suburb has filed a lawsuit against the city of Scottsdale after the city cut off the community from its municipal water supply amid extreme drought conditions and declining water levels in ...