Issue Position: Water

Issue Position

Water issues are critical, not just in LD-1, but throughout Arizona. That is why I spend a great deal of time working on legislation that deals with water.

Common senses proposals include:

1. Conservation
Since most residential water use is for landscaping, we need to promote low water-use plants and the benefits of rain water harvesting.

2. Recycling
The Sundog and Airport plants are on-line and re-charge approximately 4.5 million gallons/day of recycled water back into the aquifer at this time. These sorts of projects ought to be encouraged.

3. Augmentation
Long-term solutions to our perpetual water shortage could include forest stewardship, watershed management, public lands management, and transporting water from outside sources.

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