The End Of Cheap Water?

23 January 2003 - 10:00am

Arizona has some of the lowest residential water rates in the nation but that could change soon.

"Not only do Arizonans pay some of the lowest residential rates in the nation...the state's farmers tap into reliable, subsidized sources that allow them to survive a shifting economy.All that could change soon. Years of growth and a lingering drought are straining resources and giving weight to arguments that water should be treated as a valuable commodity, even if that means consumers wind up paying more."

Source: The Arizona Republic, January 22, 2003
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Its very unsuitability for an urban center justifies its current usage as a suburban or ex-urban pattern.