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A watershed moment in the west?
View Date:2024-12-24 03:17:57
Arizona officials announced this month that all the groundwater in the Phoenix metro area is spoken for, potentially affecting its fast-growing suburbs. But aside from some alarm, and some skepticism, the news hasn't exactly slowed development — or home prices. On today's show, NPR's Western Correspondent Kirk Siegler on whether Greater Phoenix is a sign the west is inching closer to a reckoning over water.
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