![Tyson Foods Plant [Photo: Food Manufacturing]](https://southarkansassun.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/iStock_1185520857__1_.5e441daa51cca-600x337.jpg)
![Silverado Senior Living Management Inc. [Photo: Los Angeles Times]](https://southarkansassun.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/download-6-4-600x337.jpg)
![China's Wuhan Institute of Virology [Photo: Nature]](https://southarkansassun.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/d41586-021-01529-3_19239608-600x337.jpg)
![Housing in Phoenix [Photo: FOX 10 Phoenix]](https://southarkansassun.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/GettyImages-163168937.webp)
The state of Arizona announced that it will not approve permits for new housing in Phoenix anymore. This is due to the state suffering from a huge drought and decline in water supply for many years.
![Drought Blocks New Housing in Phoenix [Photo: Bloomberg.com]](https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/southarkansassun.com/2023/07/1x-1-1-1.jpg)
Drought Blocks New Housing in Phoenix [Photo: Bloomberg.com]
According to Stelle, due to the overuse in water supply, both the Colorado River and the underground aquifers are running out. State officials predicted that in the next 100 years, the city of Phoenix will need to have more than 1.5 trillion gallons of water than it currently has.
Housing in Phoenix Banned Due to Lack of Water
An article in The New York Times states that due to the decline in water supply, Governor Katie Hobbs announced that building permits will not be approved for new housing in Phoenix anymore. This applies in particular to single-family housing in Phoenix that rely on the wells in Maricopa County.
Unfortunately, the ban on new housing in Phoenix will not put an end to the 80,000 building permits for new housing in Phoenix that have already been approved. In addition, the ban on new housing in Phoenix also does not include projects that depend on river water or obtain their water supply from businesses and farms nearby.
READ ALSO: “Forever Chemicals” Found In Water; Contaminated Fishes In Most U.S. States
