Mealey's (January 27, 2023, 10:36 AM EST) -- PHOENIX — An Arizona state court judge has denied a motion by residents of suburban Scottsdale, Ariz., to enter a stay against the city’s Jan. 1 decision to cut off the flow of water to a standpipe that supplies carry-away water to the suburbanites, saying the city was not providing a utility service protected by state law and that the city’s action, while creating a hardship, will not cause irreparable harm because the plaintiffs have other water options....