Visitors celebrating the centennial of the Theodore Roosevelt Dam were able to walk across the crest of the structure for one day only, on March 19th. The dam was built by farmers in 1911 to fill the need for a 100 yrs supply of water. Arizona pioneered large-scale water banking, storing unused Colorado River water by pouring it into recharge basins to percolate into the ground for later use. So far, the state has banked about 1.6 trillion gallons. The philosphy behind the groundwater management laws are to use surface water and save the groundwater for a drought or other unexpected events. Experts are stating that at the pace that Phoenix is going, it has another 30 years to run without using non-renewable groundwater supplies
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- Kathleen Mazzocco, Realtor in Anthem, AZ Relocation to Scottsdale, AZ
- Scottsdale, AZ, United States
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