Dear Matt,
Tell your legislators to vote NO on SB1268 and SB1400
Remind state legislators of their duty to protect our aquifers, streams, rivers and springs – water WE depend on for our health and safety – by ensuring that proposed developments have adequate water supplies.
Block special interest loopholes that would undermine existing laws, which protect the sustainability of Arizona’s economy and ecology.
Arizona is in year 17 of a state-declared drought emergency and could face the same types of water shortages that California is currently grappling with – if we don’t conserve and responsibly manage our limited water supplies.
SB1268 adequate water supply requirements; municipalities (Griffin, Gowan, Stevens) would allow cities and towns to opt out of county ordinances that currently require a proposed subdivision located outside of an Active Management Area (AMA) to demonstrate an adequate water supply before the final plan for the subdivision can be approved. Today SB1268 passed out of the Senate (21-8-1) and will now go to the House of Representatives, making it even more urgent to contact your representative.
SB1400 water banking authority; report (Griffin) is a strike everything amendment on adequate water supply requirement; renewal. After a county adopts a requirement for a mandatory demonstration of an adequate water supply by a proposed subdivision, it would automatically expire after five years. For counties that have already adopted the water adequacy provision, it would automatically expire after two years.
SB1268 and SB1400 create loopholes for special interests to avoid complying with important requirements for providing water adequacy for citizens and nature – a major step backwards.
TAKE ACTION!
- Send a letter or email with your personal concerns, and/or call your legislators - NOW.
- Tell your legislators to vote NO on SB1268 and SB1400.
Unsure who your legislators are or how to contact them? Look them up here.
The San Pedro River is a migratory corridor for millions of migratory birds and provides breeding habitat for over 100 avian species. Surface and subsurface flows of vital rivers such as the San Pedro would be put at risk by regressive water laws such as SB1268 & SB1400. Photo by: EPA.
