Battle for water in the Southwest



A new plan to conserve water in Scottsdale, Arizona, in the midst of a drought has left nearly 1,000 residents outside of the city without water supply. ABC News’ Lionel Moise has the details.

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26 comments

  1. I'm buying a water truck and make some money money money $ $ $

  2. Give me some plain dry taco shells

  3. They can charge waayyyyy more than 10 cents a gallon now $$$$$$$$$$$$

  4. "We live in the middle of the desert." That's your big problem! You live in THE MIDDLE OF THE DESERT! Move to where the water is, dumb butts!

  5. I live in Yuma arizona and my water bill is under 30 a month, am not concerned with the water here because everyone around here uses it wisely

  6. Surprised..not really. The Saudis have been using unlimited water since 2014 and made sweet deals with Land Department and elected officials since 2016. Developers and Realtors never mention anything to buyers about water being supplied by Scottsdale to Rio Verde. And, Scottsdale approves more residential and commercial properties without putting water conservation tactics in place. Sorry folks, its all about special interest, money and greed. The american way. All politicians (Rep and Dems) are guilty of it.

  7. Arizonians don't believe in climate change nor this fake drought

  8. Just dig a ditch and massive pipe from the floods in California down to where you are at.

  9. People need to buy a dehumidifier with hose adaptor and fill water bottles from humidity in air. Will need to add a filter system and chlorinate (2 drops Clorox per quart / 30 minutes) before drinking. Also, need to create a cistern system and capture rain from roof. Should have done these things before they are cut off.

  10. Summers getting close too ๐Ÿ˜†

  11. Isn't this living and growing food in the desert fun? This isn't even the beginning of the beginning of the catastrophe that's going to happen when Lake Meade hits dead pool. This is four horseman of the apocalypse kind of stuff we've got going on in the Southwest folks.

  12. Water in a desert… It's a desert!!!

  13. I feel bad for those living there for over 6 years. Anyone else, you knew this was a problem, you knew scottsdale was cutting this community off. and you chose to move there still. you chose to build there knowing damn well theres no public water sources

  14. Looking at a map, most have built in pools that I'm sure need to be topped off with all the evaporation. What about that super green large golf course that goes from block to block? What about that country club with that huge built in pool? Unbelieveable.

  15. You have to buy water in Arizona?! These Arizona voters deserve what they face for having Republicans running their state…

  16. Its almost as if massive amounts of people/animals werenโ€™t meant to live in ๐Ÿœ๏ธโ€ฆ๐Ÿ˜‚

  17. dont help when stupid is running crap we have highered scientist that been telling goverment that global warming is real but thay never wanted to lisen to the scientist that thay payed to resherich it now that it got alot worst now the goverment and state want to belive them

  18. Drive to California with some buckets

  19. It the Saudi backdoor handshake… your leaders sold you out… deal with it. This has nothing to do with party politics and everything to do with politicians selling out the folks they represent for a nice payday.

  20. No sympathy for people living in a desert.

  21. AZ sure is taking every precaution they can to avoid letting the American people know that they and other states have allowed the sale of American water rights to foreign countries. Yeah, I wouldn't want the public tracking that story down either. Especially the people behind it all.

  22. Saudis got Arizonas water