"Water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink." That famous phrase from "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" is anything but the riddle of modern Arizona: We have plenty of water to drink today, but how can we quench the growing thirst of an arid state for the next 100 years? That question was asked again and again at a statewide conference and workshop earlier this week at the University of Arizona in Tucson. Morrison Institute for Public Policy played an instrumental role in both the "Watering the Sun Corridor Policy Workshop" on Monday and the following day's conference, "Urbanization, Uncertainty and Water: Planning for Arizona's Second Hundred Years."
Watering the Sun Corridor: Managing Choices in Arizona's Megapolitan Area, the Morrison Institute report by Senior Fellow Grady Gammage Jr., provided a frame of reference for both events. The workshop was hosted by Western Lands and Communities, a joint venture of the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and the Sonoran Institute. The conference was hosted by UA's Water Resources Research Center. Both were done in collaboration with Morrison Institute.
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