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The city of Fountain Hills (the now-ironically-named Arizona town east of Phoenix) is shutting off its never-ending faucet. Landscaping at new developments must carefully ration the precious liquid, the town council decided on Dec. 7. In this, Fountain Hills is joining thousands of other municipalities around the globe in limiting irrigation to save water. In the U.S. alone, there are close to 54,000 water districts and agencies, although no one has tallied the number with water restrictions in effect. ?EUR??,,????'?????< Does your community impose water rationing for irrigation? Let us know what you think of local water restrictions by clicking on ?EUR??,,????'?????< Drought conditions wax and wane across the country and can be surprisingly localized. A regularly-updated map at the National Weather Service?EUR??,,????'?????< View the site at drought.unl.edu/dm/monitor.html The unanimous vote at Arizona?EUR??,,????'?????< Thousands of other counties and water agencies have been down the road before. The Fountain Hills mandate to install low-water landscaping also applies to property owners who disturb at least one-half or 1,000 square feet of an existing lot. Also, the owner of a new home who wants to move in before the landscaping is complete will have to put up a refundable deposit of $2,500. Exemptions will be made for up to 1,000 square feet in homes?EUR??,,????'?????< Sources: East Valley (Ariz.) Tribune, drought.unl.edu/dm/monitor.html, American Water Works Association
The city of Fountain Hills (the now-ironically-named Arizona town east of Phoenix) is shutting off its never-ending faucet. Landscaping at new developments must carefully ration the precious liquid, the town council decided on Dec. 7.
In this, Fountain Hills is joining thousands of other municipalities around the globe in limiting irrigation to save water. In the U.S. alone, there are close to 54,000 water districts and agencies, although no one has tallied the number with water restrictions in effect.
?EUR??,,????'?????<
Does your community impose water rationing for irrigation? Let us know what you think of local water restrictions by clicking on ?EUR??,,????'?????<
Drought conditions wax and wane across the country and can be surprisingly localized. A regularly-updated map at the National Weather Service?EUR??,,????'?????<
View the site at drought.unl.edu/dm/monitor.html
The unanimous vote at Arizona?EUR??,,????'?????<
Thousands of other counties and water agencies have been down the road before.
The Fountain Hills mandate to install low-water landscaping also applies to property owners who disturb at least one-half or 1,000 square feet of an existing lot.
Also, the owner of a new home who wants to move in before the landscaping is complete will have to put up a refundable deposit of $2,500. Exemptions will be made for up to 1,000 square feet in homes?EUR??,,????'?????<
Sources: East Valley (Ariz.) Tribune, drought.unl.edu/dm/monitor.html, American Water Works Association
Francisco Uviña, University of New Mexico
Hardscape Oasis in Litchfield Park
Ash Nochian, Ph.D. Landscape Architect
November 12th, 2025
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