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Amid Continuing Drought, Arizona Is Coming up With New Sources of Water—if Cities Can Afford Them

Inside Climate News · By Wyatt Myskow · last updated
From Buckeye to Mesa, Phoenix-area communities plan to spend millions to find new water supplies to help the region continue to grow.

By Wyatt Myskow

BUCKEYE, Ariz.—Sixty miles west of Phoenix along the I-10 freeway to the California border lies what many Valley cities with limited water supplies and investment companies see as an answer to helping solve Arizona’s water woes: the Harquahala Basin.

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