WHERE WILL TOMORROW'S WATER COME FROM?

posted by Michael Chihak

Three significant pieces of research will be the focal point of the University of Arizona's annual water conference next week.

"Urbanization, Uncertainty and Water: Planning for Arizona's Second Hundred Years" will be held Tuesday, jan. 24, and feature a host of public policy and water specialists.

The three research reports are the Morrison Institute for Public Policy's "Watering the Sun Corridor: Managing Choices om Arizona's Megapolitan Area," the Grand Canyon Institute's "Arizona at the Crossroads: Water Scarcity or Water Sustainability?" and the Arizona Water Resources Development Commission's 2011 report.

On Friday's program, we will speak with four participants in the water conference, including Morrison Institute report author Grady Gammage Jr and Grand Canyon Institute report author Karen L. Smith.

In additional, Sharon Megdal, director of the UA Water Resources Research Center, and Gary Yaquinto, president of the Arizona Investment Council, will parlay their viewpoints.