Historic shortages of Colorado River water and a bitter political feud have conspired to leave a Scottsdale, Ariz., neighborhood in a desperate scramble to find enough water to sustain themselves.
, however rare, that falls from spouts off the roof. This goes into 3.5-gallon plastic jugs stationed in the bathroom to flush the toilet — although they now usually make other arrangements.
These measures have dropped the couple’s average water consumption from 200 gallons per day last year to 30 gallons per day in the first week of January, as they anxiously await a solution for their community. As the cutoff deadline approached last year, some neighbors sold their homes, and others have watched property values decline.“It would be crazy to buy our house at this point,” she said.
“I thought, this is the United States of America. We do so much in humanitarian aid to other countries that don’t have water, they’re not going to let taxpaying citizens of this county go without water,” he said.‘You fill this whole thing up with water?’Until this year, the six trucks in his family-run business, relied on the nearby Scottsdale filling station.
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