AZ and the Southwest Faces an Existential Water Crisis

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17. Several years ago..our course tapped into ground water via drilling..

A new well..was ho hum..now..there will be turf conversion starting 2025..

On January 1, 2025 the Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR) will implement the Fifth Management Plan which reflects the state of Arizona’s Groundwater Management Code, moving Arizona towards its long-term water management goals for safe yield. The 5th Management Plan does not just effect the golf community but also agriculture and industrial users.

Then this..

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-environment/2021/06/14/arizona-golf-courses-fight-water-conservation-efforts/5032190001/

The watershed is trending, he said, and Lake Mead’s levels could continue to drop toward lower thresholds that would bring bigger cuts for Arizona, Nevada and Mexico — and potentially for California if the reservoir keeps declining.

Other slides detailed the cutbacks that would be required if the reservoir falls toward critically low levels, something a 2019 deal among the states aimed to avert. Buschatzke also described a worst-case scenario.

“At dead pool, 890 feet elevation, no water moves past Hoover Dam. No water. The river will be dry and Arizona will not have any Colorado River water,” Buschatzke said. These larger challenges with the river, he said, relate to the conservation that’s needed under the new management plans in all sectors, including golf.

I wonder if the AZ golf courses will have a 500 golf cart convoy to protest..