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Scottsdale City Council members spar over city’s water security

City Councilwomen Solange Whitehead and Jan Dubauskas argued back and forth on how to meet Scottsdale’s future water needs.

(Submitted photo/Central Arizona Project)

Whether Scottsdale has enough water to sustain itself into the future seems to depend on who you ask.

City Councilwomen Solange Whitehead and Jan Dubauskas had two vastly different take aways from an hour long presentation by the city’s water department on water security during the council’s Oct. 20 meeting.

Scottsdale Water Interim Senior Director Thyra Ryden-Diaz started out by pointing out that Scottsdale has a legal right to 141,341.74 acre feet annually but only used 90,800 acre feet in 2025.

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