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No long term water strategy for fast-growing, desert Southwest

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on September 3, 2007 at 9:09 pm

Here’s an interesting article written by jfleck of the Inkstain blog, who writes for the Albuquerque Journal. He recently attended a water symposium and wrote up this report:

We live in the fastest growing part of the country. It is also the driest. We don’t seem to be doing a very good job of linking those two issues, according to experts gathered for a two-day symposium on water and growth. “We don’t adequately combine planning for growth and planning for water,” said Peter Gleick, president of the Pacific Institute in Oakland, Calif. “The people responsible for making the decisions about building new homes are typically not the people who make decisions about water,” Gleick said.

Gleick was one of the keynote speakers at the gathering, sponsored by Southwest Hydrology, a water magazine based at the University of Arizona. The conference carried a provocative title: “Sustainable Water, Unlimited Growth, Quality of Life— Can We Have It All?” The consensus answer from a range of experts from New Mexico, Arizona and California was a resounding “no.” “We can’t have it all,” said Kris Mayes, a member of the Arizona Corporation Commission.

To read the rest of John Fleck’s article in the Albuquerque Journal, click here.

September 3, 2007 · Filed Under Southwest Water Issues

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