Is Arizona Really Importing 100 Billion Gallons Of Water?

Arizona, like much of the southwest, is drying up and they need water so; guess what they're planning to do?

Yep, they're going to import it. How they're going to do that, I'm not sure. Air drops like they use to put out forest fires? (Watch one here.) A buttload of tanker trucks? Monster pipeline? Fed Ex?

Whatever they use, it better be big or there better be a lot of them 'cuz we're not talking a few thousand gallons here. They plan to bring in a lot ...

According to Newsweek, 90% of Arizona is experiencing abnormally dry conditions and 10% of the state is under extreme or exceptional drought conditions. Lake Mead, which supplies most of the southwest with water, is at 33% of its capacity and Arizona's Lake Powell is just as low.

How Much Water Does Arizona Want?

Newsweek spoke with Water Infrastructure Finance Authority assistant director of external affairs, Chelsea McGuire.

McGuire stressed that it's "unrealistic" to meet Arizona's water demand gap from sources beyond its borders and that other strategies such as water recycling and mandatory water efficiency measures will be needed.

Nevertheless, a WIFA Needs Assessment identified a demand for 100,000 to 500,000 acre-feet of imported water annually over the next 5–15 years. At the top end, that's 163 billion gallons that the state must find from external sources every single year—6 percent of all the water currently stored in Lake Powell. - Newsweek

100 billion gallons of water is a lot and that's not all Arizona wants. According to Azfamily.com, the state wants to import that amount annually.