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Severe drought and mandatory water cuts are pitting communities against each other in Arizona [cnn.com]:

Severe drought and mandatory water cuts are pitting communities against each other in Arizona

Outside the city limits of Scottsdale, where the asphalt ends and the dirt road begins, is the Rio Verde Foothills community. Hundreds of homes here get water trucked in from Scottsdale, but those deliveries will end on January 1, 2023.

That's because last summer, for the first time ever [cnn.com], drought conditions forced the federal government to declare a tier 1 water shortage in the Colorado River, reducing how much Arizona can use.

Meredith Deangelis lives in the community, and the thought of losing access to water keeps her up at night.

"Every time I brush my teeth, I think, 'Oh my gosh, I can't imagine that I'm not going to have water to brush my teeth,'" Deangelis told CNN.

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