In a few days, thousands of US Citizens will be without any water supply. (And that's a good thing! [View all]

I'll try to be brief, but this is actually a decades long story.

To the north of Scottsdale, AZ, there are the McDowell mountains. They are completely arid, no groundwater, springs, rivers, or streams.

It is not part of the city of Scottsdale, it is an un-incorporated area. On purpose. They have, for decades, refused to incorporate themselves, or join the city of Scottsdale. They don't want "big gubmint" telling them what to do.

For decades, they have paid trucking companies to haul water from Scottsdale out to them. They have been getting Scottsdale treated and subsidized water without paying any Scottsdale city taxes.

For over a decade, Scottsdale has been warning them that they need to either join Scottsdale, or find another source of water. They have refused to do either. Dec. 31st, Scottsdale water taps will be closed to them. They are freaking out. "Gov't can't do this to us!!!"

What government? They've refused to have any!

They have done NO preparation.

Now they will find out the consequences of unregulated growth.

Good.

One out there is a horse breeder. How he's going to water those horses heaven only knows.