From: lessgovt@gmail.com   
      
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   > Arizona announces limits on construction in Phoenix area as groundwater   
   disappears.    
   >    
   > " Arizona officials announced Thursday the state will no longer grant   
   certifications for new developments within the Phoenix area, as groundwater   
   rapidly disappears amid years of water overuse and climate change-driven   
   drought.    
   >    
   > A new study showed that the groundwater supporting the Phoenix area likely   
   can’t meet additional development demand in the coming century, officials   
   said at a news conference. Gov. Katie Hobbs and the state’s top water   
   officials outlined the    
   results of the study looking at groundwater demand within the Phoenix metro   
   area, which is regulated by a state law that tries to ensure Arizona’s   
   housing developments, businesses and farms are not using more groundwater than   
   is being replaced.    
   >    
   > The study found that around 4% of the area’s demand for groundwater, close   
   to 4.9 million acre-feet, cannot be met over the next 100 years under current   
   conditions – a huge shortage that will have significant implications for   
   housing developments    
   in the coming years in the booming Phoenix metro area, which has led the   
   nation in population growth."    
   > ...   
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   Why did the scientists call for Zero Population Growth   
   50 years ago, when the population was HALF of what it is now?   
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