According to Arizona's state water agency, construction permits have been issued for about 80,000 new housing lots that have yet to be built in Greater Phoenix. (Credit: Sean Pavone/Adobe Stock)
Greater Phoenix, the region with the fastest population growth in the US, is confronting a reckoning that will block future growth: Arizona has determined that there isn't enough groundwater left in the region for all of the already approved housing projects under development.
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