(July 14, 2023) Water woes: Pima County supervisors voted 3-1 Tuesday to send a letter to the Arizona Department of Water Resources asking the agency to expedite a study of the Tucson area’s groundwater supply to see if it’s large enough to support the next 100 years of expected subdivision development, the Daily Star’s Tony Davis reports. Republican Supervisor Steve Christy was opposed and Democrat Sharon Bronson wasn’t present for the vote.

“I don’t want the Arizona DWR expediting any plans regarding a groundwater model. We have the capacity to figure that out on our own,” Christy said. (Tucson Agenda)

(November 9, 2023) Let’s talk money: A judge threw out the City of Tucson’s differential water rates for customers in unincorporated Pima County in September, but Pima County and the City of Tucson aren’t done fighting over water rates. Pima County Administrator Jan Lesher wrote in a memo to the Board of Supervisors that the county is asking a judge to order the city to reimburse the collected differential water rates for customers and pay the county’s legal fees.