This story originally appeared on NPR’s “All Things Considered.”
Arizona is limiting development in the Phoenix metro area due to a lack of groundwater. But the development party isn’t over.
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The metropolitan area of Phoenix, Ariz., is growing rapidly. A recent state analysis shows Phoenix does not have enough groundwater to sustain that rate of growth over the next century. But developers say, hang on. That is not the whole story. From member station KJZZ, Katherine Davis-Young reports.