Margot Garcia sits in her Tucson home’s dining room, January 10, 2023. She was among city council members in the 1970s who passed tiered pricing system for city water, charging more for water going to homes further from, and higher than the central city. She was recalled, but the system remains in place.
The sun sets behind the mountains of Tucson, January 9, 2023. The city began using Colorado River water via the Central Arizona Project in 1992. Up until then, it relied on water from local rivers and groundwater, and in the 1970s developed what many consider to be the first tiered pricing system for its water, charging more for water going to homes further from, and higher than the central city. The city council members who crafted that law were recalled, but the system remains in place.
The Central Arizona Project’s aqueduct near Vicksburg, Arizona, February, 2023. The CAP delivers Colorado River water impounded behind the Parker Dam at Lake Havasu to more than 60 customers to the east and south, including the cities of Phoenix and Tucson.
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