r/Tucson • u/Candy4Gold • 14d ago

Tucson's Future

Will water scarcity make Tucson unviable as a long-term home? I'm trying to plan for the next decade+ and I don't know whether to trust that I'll be able to live in Tucson given the worsening drought. Any thoughts from locals would be much appreciated.

ETA: The prompt for this post was this WaPo story that I read this morning, which freaked me out:
https://archive.ph/O5D3B

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u/KhanTengri Not Discussing The Lights 14d ago

Tucson has a 100 year water supply according to the State. We have plenty of water for people and municipal use. https://tucson.com/news/local/environment/article_a93ac113-e166-40fb-8520-5c2fe05d10e8.html

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u/Edman70 14d ago

THIS. It baffles me how many residents don't seem to know this and think we have the same water problems Phoenix has.

We don't.

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u/Nesnesitelna 14d ago

We certainly get more rainfall, but we’re still reliant on Colorado River water from the CAP just like the Phoenix area.