This article was originally published by Arizona Sonoran News, a news service of the University of Arizona School of Journalism.
With little rain or snow on Mount Lemmon over the past year and no water being piped or trucked up, residents and businesses are being forced to restrict how much water they use.
The Mount Lemmon Domestic Water Improvement District in August imposed water restrictions when the groundwater supplies fell between 25-50% capacity. The restrictions meant households could use only 80 gallons of water per day or 2,400 a month…