Phoenix has no water issues surprisingly due to the Salt River Project

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May 9, 2022
6:03:47pm

Thrill All-American

Phoenix has no water issues surprisingly due to the Salt River Project

Salt River Project

The Salt River Project (SRP) is the umbrella name for two separate entities: the Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District, an agency of the state of Arizona that serves as an electrical utility for the Phoenix metropolitan area, and the Salt River Valley Water Users'...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_River_Project

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TIL Phoenix area golf courses use about the same amount of water everyday as

5/9/22 5:37pm

This is because of Jope isn't it? CB lynch mob fire up the torches

TNT

5/9/22 5:38pm

Ya who needs farming?

CBaass

5/9/22 5:40pm

Farming is so dumb. Growing food is for weak people.

cheezedawg

5/9/22 5:42pm

Maybe farming makes more sense where it actually rains? Crazy idea I know.

5/9/22 5:45pm

Many crops require a specific quantity of water. Hard to manage with constant

Rockytop

5/9/22 7:01pm

You just wiped out Idaho’s entire potato crop.

RC Vikings

5/9/22 7:13pm

Yeah, jerk.

cheezedawg

5/9/22 7:24pm

Eating is overrated. Let's just move on to powdered protein and peanut butter dispensed from toothpaste tubes.

John Doe

5/9/22 6:04pm

Might help with the obesity epidemic.

crack

5/9/22 6:28pm

And put all the restaurants and grill manufacturers out of business.

John Doe

5/9/22 11:01pm

Eh, since when does anyone care about unintended consequences? The whole

crack

5/9/22 11:07pm

Just don’t give any water to the poors and olds

JOPE

5/9/22 5:42pm

And yet we need more golf courses here. I hate how popular the sport has become.

fredetteaboutit13

5/9/22 5:48pm

I mostly hate how many people keep moving here.

crack

5/9/22 5:56pm

If they weren't on the golf courses, then where would they be?

2FarGone

5/9/22 6:01pm

Farming

jordbyu

5/9/22 6:03pm

Well your mom uses 2 million gallons just filling her bathtub

Localidiot

5/9/22 5:54pm

Ive heard there is a lot of fresh water on earth

CougieMcCougFace

5/9/22 5:54pm

California will have to Desal faster than anyone anticipated. They’re already

5/9/22 6:02pm

Yeah! let’s start hauling away glaciers! Nothing bad could come from that!

letthewookieewin

5/9/22 6:12pm

I didn’t say nothing bad could happen

CougieMcCougFace

5/9/22 6:18pm

That sounds familiar

crack

5/9/22 6:28pm

Is it true there is an underground aquifer near Phoenix where much of the city

BlooCoog

5/9/22 6:00pm

I heard from someone that Phoenix has like 100+ years of groundwater

2FarGone

5/9/22 6:04pm

Every development in PHX for the last 40 years has had to have drainage

Nat Gas Man

5/9/22 6:17pm

Info on Salt River Project here:

Thrill

5/9/22 6:06pm

Interesting. Thanks for sharing. Seems they don’t rely too much on groundwater

BlooCoog

5/9/22 6:10pm

That’s impressive they’re miles ahead of California in drought preparation.

5/9/22 6:19pm

And Utah. I do wonder, however, how long Phoenix’s approach is sustainable. What

BlooCoog

5/9/22 6:22pm

Theoretically yes the city could literally dry up and blow away

Nat Gas Man

5/9/22 6:32pm

The Wasatch Front in Utah doesn’t have the same water problem Phoenix does

BlooCoog

5/9/22 8:33pm

See what the AZ residents have to say. Seems UT has the bigger problem

Bluforever

5/9/22 8:54pm

I don't think this is correct. Phoenix is not at risk at all and has never had

Thrill

5/10/22 6:03pm

I haven't looked into the accuracy of the history of the SRP, but I've heard

Thrill

5/10/22 6:01pm

Phoenix has no water issues surprisingly due to the Salt River Project

Thrill

5/9/22 6:03pm

The runoff from the White Mountains (Salt River) and the San Francisco Peaks (Verde River) basically supply the valley

2FarGone

5/9/22 6:06pm

Maybe California should look into developing some more reservoirs

kotacoug

5/9/22 6:58pm

The last two years have been drought conditions, but Arizona has so many reservoirs we have the ability to store lots of

JOPE

5/9/22 8:34pm

Uhhh..: don’t mess with golf. Make California use desalination for their water

kotacoug

5/9/22 6:56pm

This isn’t just a California issue.

Mtbcoug

5/9/22 7:10pm

Wouldn’t be sure if CA was willing to loosen regulations

kotacoug

5/9/22 7:14pm

Watering grass doesn't destroy water.

porl thompson

5/9/22 7:55pm

I thought more of them used the treated gray water than this. Too bad

5/9/22 8:02pm

Oro Valley does that. But they have closed courses since I lived there

Nat Gas Man

5/9/22 8:16pm

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