For Star subscribers: The candidates for Arizona governor are prioritizing water as they should. Only one candidate has realistic proposals, though, according to experts from California and Colorado.
For decades we've known water has been a festering issue in Arizona, with the state's booming population dependent on declining groundwater and the overburdened Colorado River.
Lake has emphasized finding a big new supply. She initially focused on desalination of ocean water but more recently shifted toward the idea of building a pipeline from the Mississippi or Missouri River basins. She's also proposed large infrastructure projects such as dam and reservoir improvements, as well as lining and covering canals.
"There is a danger in laser-focusing on any single idea and failing to move forward now on a portfolio of proven water security strategies," she says in her Plan for a Resilient Arizona."There are no easy 'silver bullet' solutions to Arizona’s water challenges." Kenney told me in an emailed analysis of the candidates' positions, that he's impressed with the discussion. Here is what Kenney said:
The devil, of course, is in the still largely-vague details, but she’s at least pointing in the right direction. Her acknowledgement of the overarching importance of climate change, and the water-energy-fire nexus is a sound foundation for the solution-oriented discussions that have yet to occur. Finally, both candidates appear unwilling to address the elephant in the room: agriculture. There is simply no way for the agricultural sector to continue to consume water at its historic pace. The cultural significance of agriculture in Arizona is huge, but the economic contribution does not and will not justify maintaining current levels of water consumption.
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