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Each New House Depletes Our Only Water Source

water new homesRight now, our elected officials are planning for tens of thousands of new houses. Where will the water come from?

The only source of water for new houses and other buildings is groundwater pumped from the Prescott Active Management Area.

Each new house increases groundwater pumping and adds to the overdraft no matter how efficient water use is inside and outside the house.

Our elected government officials are choosing to facilitate development and growth over protection of our groundwater. State law and regulations facilitate growth despite claiming to protect water for future generations. Officials claim that they support sustainability of our water resources while their actions and policies exploit and deplete our finite water supply.

As citizens, we should contact our current government officials and explain why current water management policies are not sustainable. And, at election time, we can support those candidates who promise to work to protect our water supply.

For a summary of the threats to our water supply see"Our Water Supply."

DAILY DROPLET

  • "Ranchers need clean water for their stock, farmers need it for their crops, every employer needs it to stay in business, and every living thing needs it for life... The law needs to be clear to protect water quality and the rights of landowners."
    Mark Udall

  • "Water is the driver of Nature."
    Leonardo da Vinci

  • "When the well is dry, we know the worth of water."
    Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard’s Almanac, 1746

  • "...and since flow of information is to spirit what water is to life, we'd best think about how to keep the pipes free and unclogged."
    Raphie Frank

  • "In an age when man has forgotten his origins and is blind even to his most essential needs for survival, water along with other resources has become the victim of his indifference."
    Rachel Carson

  • "We forget that the water cycle and the life cycle are one."
    Jacques Yves Cousteau

  • "Water is life's matter and matrix, mother and medium. There is no life without water."
    Albert Szent-Gyorgyi, 1937 Nobel Prize for Medicine

  • "Water is everywhere and in all living things; we cannot be separated from water. No water, no life. Period..."
    Robert Fulghum

  • "It's the water. Everything is driven by the water."
    Mike Thompson

  • "Whiskey is for drinking; water is for fighting over."
    Mark Twain