"The broad attention is showing the world what local leaders have spent the past half-century trying to prove: This desert city can be a major player in global tech and manufacturing."
But putting the water shortage in the very last sentence of the story? Seems like burying the lede.
I tend to wing it a lot with stew-ish things. Here's one set of rough instructions:
Freezes fine, though I usually eat it before it makes it to the freezer