Water
Scottsdale Water publishes conservation, quality and supply information on the city’s Water site. Stormwater and the Indian Bend Wash greenbelt — a recreation corridor that also carries floodwater — are explained on the city’s stormwater pages.
When the city says to stay out of a wash or a park after a storm, that instruction is the story.
Drought Monitor (Maricopa County)
For the U.S. Drought Monitor week of 2026-11-10 to 2026-11-16, 78.9% of Maricopa County’s area was in D0 (abnormally dry) or worse, and 40.2% was in D1 (moderate drought) or worse. D2 was 0.0%, D3 0.0%, D4 0.0%. These are county-area percentages from the Drought Monitor, not a City of Scottsdale water-shortage stage.
Source: U.S. Drought Monitor. Do not treat this as a city drought-stage number. Scottsdale has not published a live shortage-stage page that we can confirm.
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