PHOENIX — A state agency pursuing ideas to increase Arizona’s water supply has less than half the money it was promised by the Legislature.There’s also no guarantee the ideas will make financial sense in the end.But the Arizona Water Infrastructure Finance Authority voted this past week to take the first step of asking companies to show how they could import more than 100 billion gallons of water from outside of the state.The water would supplement — and possibly replace — some of what is being used now to supply homeowners, industrial users and farmers.The board members want not just meaningful technical descriptions of how these companies could bring water to the desert. They want to know the price tag.One thing is for sure: It’s going to cost more than Arizonans are paying now for the mix of groundwater and surface water that currently comes out of their taps. But importation may end up being the only option as local water supplies …
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