Blogs


The Price of Uncertainty

Report | 2018

What water-related questions do people at the cutting edge of economic development ask when evaluating a site for potential investment? "The Price of Uncertainty" explores how the Gila Adjudication clouds the water certainty individuals, businesses and communities need for sound water stewardship and future prosperity.

 


Return to Watering the Sun Corridor

Perspective | Spring 2021

A lot has flowed under the bridge since August 2011 when the Morrison Institute issued "
Watering the Sun Corridor," which addressed the understandable concern that urban Arizona might be “running out” of water.


The Myth of Safe-Yield:Pursuing the Goal of Safe-Yield Isn't Saving Our Groundwater

Report | May 2021

If Arizona is to prosper into the next century, our focus needs to turn to what is essential for our future: The preservation of our groundwater and our increasingly fragile aquifers.


Ten Tenets of Water Accessibility

Report | April 2021

Water is the foundation of public health, economic opportunity, unique natural areas and quality of life in any community.

Much attention has been paid to the sustainable management of water supplies, as well as the responsible investment in the infrastructure that supports the delivery of safe, clean water.


What does the Colorado River shortage mean for ... water conservation?

Explainer

As Lake Mead’s water level continues to decline, Arizona faces its first-ever cuts to Colorado River supplies under a multistate drought contingency plan. The largest reductions will hit irrigation districts in Pinal County, where farmers rely on lower-priority water delivered by the Central Arizona Project (CAP).