TO GO WITH AFP STORY by Romain Fonsegrives - Paper Plates and Short Showers: Life With No Water in Arizona
A sign warning buyers of the water situation is displayed across from a property for sale in Rio Verde Foothills, Arizona, on February 24, 2023. - Homes in fast-growing Rio Verde Foothills have never had running water -- there are no mains pipes -- so the 500 households without access to their own wells bought tankerloads from Scottsdale. But the neighboring city of Scottsdale decided it could no longer afford to sell its dwindling supply from the Colorado River, as a decades-long drought bites the American West. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP)