Groundwater and Growth: ADWR top attorney discusses importance of Landmark Groundwater Management Act

Soon after ADWR Hydrologists in November 2024 released the Department’s comprehensive analysis of groundwater conditions in the Phoenix Active Management Area, critics began focusing on the perceived challenges those results could present to homebuilding in north-central Arizona. 

Specifically, many of those critics focused on a concept known as “unmet demand” – a term long used to describe how groundwater supplies may be insufficient for meeting Arizona’s requirement that consumers buying new homes built in Active Management Areas must be assured at least a 100-year water supply.

Arizona Water News recently sat down with ADWR Chief Attorney Nicole Klobas to discuss those critiques, the importance of protecting new-home buyers and more.