After more than two years, the unincorporated metro Phoenix community of Rio Verde Foothills now has a permanent water source.
The unincorporated community about 30 miles north of Scottsdale has a population of about 2,200 people, according to the 2020 census.
It had relied on water from Scottsdale until 2023. When Colorado River cuts were implemented, the city stopped supplying Rio Verde Foothills…