Well, you’d be wrong. 
As written, the comma is absolutely necessary. Except that, as others have suggested, the reference to logistics itself may not really be necessary.
What? You mean the wind causes problems as well?!
I vote for, “In a state as dry as Arizona, the installation of a swimming pool can be a complicated process.”
Wrong.
Also wrong.
Wrong.
Yes. This is what I came in to suggest.
This.
How about: “I’ve been through the desert on a horse with no name. It felt good to be out of the rain.”
Building and maintaining outdoor swimming pools in a state as dry as Arizona is challenging.
ummmm…
a swimming pool placed on a treadmill in 1960 for 20 minutes would, logistically, be more complicated than in the 1920’s, due to death rays of the Arizona sun
(d & r)
well,…somebody had to do it…
“Arizona is a dry state so installing and maintaining a swimming pool poses unique and complex problems.”
Screw this “logisitics” crap, you’re not invading Normandy.