Arizona community outside Scottsdale cut off from water

Residents of Rio Verde, a small, unincorporated community in Arizona, once purchased their water from nearby Scottsdale. Now the city has cut them off, citing its severe drought management plan. NBC News’ Gadi Schwartz has more details on the water shortage impacting the Southwest.

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[unnamedDbacksfan]

Just how selfish does one have to be to demand city services from a city you never, ever paid taxes to or fees to? Unreal the sense of entitlement

[maxshrapnel]

Arizona native here... They were warned for over five years this was going to happen. I'm sorry this family of six is struggling but honey your husband was warned and he decided to stay and not move you all

[InfiniteSoulRoots]

I saw another vid where they interviewed some resident out there recently collecting rain water in buckets & bins. You'd "think" this whole ordeal would be a huge wake-up call, but naw...at her "rock bottom" so-to-speak...she STILL had the audacity to say that she was going to use some of that water to run her dishwasher! 😧😣🤦‍♀💩 Like that's how privy & ignorant these people in that area are apparently. 🤷‍♀I mean it just doesn't take a rocket scientist to know that building housing, golf courses, swimming pools, et, in the desert is NOT a very smart idea!!!

[KennethGreenCMP]

Who choose to build a house without water rights and your supplier of water has threaten for years to cut off the water? These people. Well pull yourself up by the boot straps and find water young family. PS - That house with worthless now.

[alexanderhatchwell]

This isn't a new development, they knew that they were going to get cut off eventually, years ago. Don't live in the desert without access to the three main utilities, water, electricity, heat.

[basedoz]

Feel bad they made a bad investment. Anyone who is from Arizona knows Rio Verde is a popular golf area, perhaps they should manage their own water better, before being mad at other cities. Especially considering these unincorporated areas are notorious areas where people move for less regulation and taxes. Now they are mad at cities they don’t pay taxes to for looking out for their own communities?

[seymourbutts]

Not listening to government warnings is a american tradition.

[splanzer]

They live in a desert. I’m not sure what to say.

[drumtwoseven]

OFF GRID Arizona community outside Scottsdale cut off from water

THEYRE OFF THE GRID

I BUY ALL MY DRINKING WATER FROM COSTCO THE CITY WATER IS NASTY

SOMETHING TO CONSIDER BEFORE BUYING OR PLANNING ON LIVING OFF GRID

[_dark_knight.]

A private unincorporated affluent desert enclave neighborhood with lush green golf course and swimming pools and jacuzzis in a water deprived drought stricken desert state. Aw, aren't you people special.

[sielsm]

People move into the middle of nowhere to save money, and they act surprised when they no longer have expensive high production facilities to supply them with resources. Its like, either live in a real city, or live somewhere with good land that supports you, can’t do both.

[dugfriendly]

Sam Kinison had a bit about people living in deserts.

[madbug]

Why don't they find someone to bring a tanker of water by train for them??

[eksbocks]

So, water isn't as easy to get over there? The only things I can think of is:

1. Finding groundwater.
2. Recycling wastewater.
3. A pipeline

[francisphillips]

How about NOT building in the DESERT. Boo hoo hoo.

[leeedens]

Did they know before building out there where their water was coming from, is the question, the bottom line is too many people are living in the desert and want the dry to be green, messing up the water table, it will take time for it to recover

[Doobency]

But, doesn't the water just appear out of nothing?

[Meo]

It might be best for them to collect rainwater, fill up at those pumps and get a well. These are things you have to consider before living off grid as while you can save money you have to have a backup plan just in case.

[dwjoseph]

Reminder: don't move to states that rely on the colorado river. And low water levels hit the mississippi river, one of america's largest rivers, months ago too.

[clairemercer]

Say what you will about living off the grid yet I noticed the golf courses were nice and lush.