A Quiet Revolution: Southwest Cities Learn to Thrive Amid Drought
YaleEnvironment360
BY JIM ROBBINS / PHOTOGRAPHY BY TED WOOD • APRIL 26, 2022
While the public image may be that booming southwestern cities such as San Diego, Phoenix, Las Vegas, and Albuquerque are on the verge of a climate apocalypse, many experts agree that these metropolitan areas have enough of a water cushion to not only survive, but continue to grow into the surrounding desert for the foreseeable future, even during the worst drought in 1,200 years. Regardless of what the future holds, the search for water savings and more supply has so far been largely successful.
Major cities in the U.S. Southwest have so far been able to decouple the need for more water from growth.
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