This week, a Council majority is staging a photo opportunity at Scottsdale’s Water Campus to reassure residents that Scottsdale’s water future is secure.
It isn’t.
The backdrop may be our award-winning Water Campus, but the reality is different. The experts who built Scottsdale’s nationally recognized water utility are gone. Funding for critical water projects has been cut. Long-term reserves are being spent on a one-time groundwater purchase that does not solve Scottsdale’s long-term water challenges…