bill promotes water disclosure transparency

Bill promotes water disclosure
By Daniel J. Quigley, Cronkite News Service
Published: Thursday, March 27, 2008 7:49 PM MDT
PHOENIX—A bill that would help those buying homes in rural areas obtain information about available water will become increasingly important as water becomes scarcer in Arizona, the chairman of the House Environment Committee said.“Not now important but, five years from now, very important,” said Rep. Ray Barnes, R-Phoenix.Wednesday, the House passed and forwarded to the Senate HB 2141, sponsored by Rep. Ed Ableser, D-Tempe, which would require developers in most parts of rural Arizona to file statements of water adequacy with county recorders. These areas are outside of active management areas (AMAs), where new developments are required to have 100-year assured water supplies.Under current law, sellers must inform only the first buyer of a home that its water supply has been deemed inadequate.Ableser said his goal is discouraging developers from building in areas that don’t have sufficient long-term water supplies.“What you’re doing is allowing the market forces to now dictate home sales with regard to water,” Ableser said.


Bill promotes water disclosure
By Daniel J. Quigley, Cronkite News Service
Published: Thursday, March 27, 2008 7:49 PM MDT
PHOENIX—A bill that would help those buying homes in rural areas obtain information about available water will become increasingly important as water becomes scarcer in Arizona, the chairman of the House Environment Committee said.“Not now important but, five years from now, very important,” said Rep. Ray Barnes, R-Phoenix.Wednesday, the House passed and forwarded to the Senate HB 2141, sponsored by Rep. Ed Ableser, D-Tempe, which would require developers in most parts of rural Arizona to file statements of water adequacy with county recorders. These areas are outside of active management areas (AMAs), where new developments are required to have 100-year assured water supplies.Under current law, sellers must inform only the first buyer of a home that its water supply has been deemed inadequate.Ableser said his goal is discouraging developers from building in areas that don’t have sufficient long-term water supplies.“What you’re doing is allowing the market forces to now dictate home sales with regard to water,” Ableser said.
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Unless this proposed “bill” promotes absolute transparency it serves no useful or honest purpose. It does nothing more than give an unsuspecting new buyer another “magic” piece of paper, not unlike the current ADWR 100 year assured water supply certificate.

This is the desert, folks, and water is NOT inexhaustible or infinite. And “we” can not forever support an economic policy of unrestricted growth.

“We” can continue to delude one another into a false sense of security respecting our prevailing collective water mirage, myth and aberration that by waving these “magic” pieces of paper there will always be sufficient and safe water for all Arizonans…?

Maybe that’s all the transparency about water disclosure we” really need…?