1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:08,040 >>> ARIZONA'S DRY WINTER, WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR THE STATE'S 2 00:00:08,042 --> 00:00:10,376 DOES IT MEAN FOR THE STATE'S RESOURCES? 3 00:00:10,378 --> 00:00:12,211 RESOURCES? >> WE'RE NOT IN CRISIS. 4 00:00:12,213 --> 00:00:13,679 >> WE'RE NOT IN CRISIS. AND WE HAVE TO GET PEOPLE 5 00:00:13,681 --> 00:00:14,646 AND WE HAVE TO GET PEOPLE THINKING ABOUT THE LONG TERM. 6 00:00:14,648 --> 00:00:15,381 THINKING ABOUT THE LONG TERM. PEOPLE THINKING ABOUT INVESTING 7 00:00:15,383 --> 00:00:18,484 PEOPLE THINKING ABOUT INVESTING FOR THE LONG TERM AND PREPARING 8 00:00:18,486 --> 00:00:20,786 FOR THE LONG TERM AND PREPARING SO THAT WE AVOID THAT CRISIS. 9 00:00:20,788 --> 00:00:21,520 SO THAT WE AVOID THAT CRISIS. >> FARMERS AND RANCHERS CRUISE 10 00:00:21,522 --> 00:00:25,624 >> FARMERS AND RANCHERS CRUISE THE MOST WATER IN THE STATE. 11 00:00:25,626 --> 00:00:27,292 THE MOST WATER IN THE STATE. HOW THEIR EFFORTS AFFECT THE 12 00:00:27,294 --> 00:00:28,894 HOW THEIR EFFORTS AFFECT THE FOOD SUPPLY FROM REGIONAL TO 13 00:00:28,896 --> 00:00:29,728 FOOD SUPPLY FROM REGIONAL TO NATIONAL LEVELS. 14 00:00:29,730 --> 00:00:34,066 NATIONAL LEVELS. >> WE HAVE ENOUGH RANCHERS IN 15 00:00:34,068 --> 00:00:34,800 >> WE HAVE ENOUGH RANCHERS IN ARIZONA AND WE FEED ALMOST -- WE 16 00:00:34,802 --> 00:00:37,669 ARIZONA AND WE FEED ALMOST -- WE FEED OVER 4.5 MILLION PEOPLE IN 17 00:00:37,671 --> 00:00:40,172 FEED OVER 4.5 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE BEEF PRODUCTION IN AMERICA. 18 00:00:40,174 --> 00:00:41,006 THE BEEF PRODUCTION IN AMERICA. THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT. 19 00:00:41,008 --> 00:00:49,114 THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT. >> THIS IS "ARIZONA WEEK." 20 00:00:49,116 --> 00:01:03,362 >>> HERE IN ARIZONA, THERE ARE AN ESTIMATED 15,000 RANCHING AND 21 00:01:03,364 --> 00:01:04,897 AN ESTIMATED 15,000 RANCHING AND FARMING FAMILIES. 22 00:01:04,899 --> 00:01:08,400 FARMING FAMILIES. AGRICULTURE IN THE STATE USES 23 00:01:08,402 --> 00:01:11,603 AGRICULTURE IN THE STATE USES 70% OF WATER RESOURCES. 24 00:01:11,605 --> 00:01:15,174 70% OF WATER RESOURCES. STEPHANIE SMALLHOUSE, VICE 25 00:01:15,176 --> 00:01:15,874 STEPHANIE SMALLHOUSE, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE FARM BUREAU, 26 00:01:15,876 --> 00:01:16,508 PRESIDENT OF THE FARM BUREAU, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 27 00:01:16,510 --> 00:01:17,709 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> NO PROBLEM, THANK YOU. 28 00:01:17,711 --> 00:01:18,977 >> NO PROBLEM, THANK YOU. >> LET'S TALK ABOUT HOW 29 00:01:18,979 --> 00:01:20,079 >> LET'S TALK ABOUT HOW AGRICULTURE TENDS TO USE THE 30 00:01:20,081 --> 00:01:21,680 AGRICULTURE TENDS TO USE THE MOST WATER IN THE STATE OF 31 00:01:21,682 --> 00:01:22,014 MOST WATER IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA. 32 00:01:22,016 --> 00:01:23,549 ARIZONA. YOU'RE A FARMER, YOU'RE A 33 00:01:23,551 --> 00:01:23,882 YOU'RE A FARMER, YOU'RE A RANCHER. 34 00:01:23,884 --> 00:01:25,250 RANCHER. YOU CONCERNED ABOUT YOUR USE OUT 35 00:01:25,252 --> 00:01:28,854 YOU CONCERNED ABOUT YOUR USE OUT HERE ON YOUR PROPERTY? 36 00:01:28,856 --> 00:01:29,555 HERE ON YOUR PROPERTY? >> WELL, I THINK FARMERS AND 37 00:01:29,557 --> 00:01:30,289 >> WELL, I THINK FARMERS AND RANCHERS ARE CONCERNED AIR THEIR 38 00:01:30,291 --> 00:01:30,989 RANCHERS ARE CONCERNED AIR THEIR USE BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING WE 39 00:01:30,991 --> 00:01:31,457 USE BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE TO MANAGE. 40 00:01:31,459 --> 00:01:33,926 HAVE TO MANAGE. I GUESS THE PUBLIC DOESN'T 41 00:01:33,928 --> 00:01:35,127 I GUESS THE PUBLIC DOESN'T GENERALLY REALIZE OR UNDERSTAND 42 00:01:35,129 --> 00:01:37,529 GENERALLY REALIZE OR UNDERSTAND THAT IT TAKES WATER TO MAKE 43 00:01:37,531 --> 00:01:37,830 THAT IT TAKES WATER TO MAKE FOOD. 44 00:01:37,832 --> 00:01:39,364 FOOD. SO THERE'S NOT ANOTHER WAY -- WE 45 00:01:39,366 --> 00:01:47,239 SO THERE'S NOT ANOTHER WAY -- WE HAVEN'T FIGURED OUT A WAY TO 46 00:01:47,241 --> 00:01:47,773 HAVEN'T FIGURED OUT A WAY TO MAKE IT DIFFERENTLY. 47 00:01:47,775 --> 00:01:48,507 MAKE IT DIFFERENTLY. SO WE'RE ALWAYS COGNIZANT OF HOW 48 00:01:48,509 --> 00:01:49,208 SO WE'RE ALWAYS COGNIZANT OF HOW MUCH WE'RE USING ON OUR PLACE. 49 00:01:49,210 --> 00:01:49,908 MUCH WE'RE USING ON OUR PLACE. THIS IS OUR SIXTH GENERATION 50 00:01:49,910 --> 00:01:50,609 THIS IS OUR SIXTH GENERATION WITH MY KIDS SO WE HAVE SPENT 51 00:01:50,611 --> 00:01:51,310 WITH MY KIDS SO WE HAVE SPENT THAT ENTIRE TIME TRYING TO BE 52 00:01:51,312 --> 00:01:51,710 THAT ENTIRE TIME TRYING TO BE PROGRESSIVE. 53 00:01:51,712 --> 00:01:54,947 PROGRESSIVE. AND USE TECHNOLOGY TO SAVE 54 00:01:54,949 --> 00:01:55,247 AND USE TECHNOLOGY TO SAVE WATER. 55 00:01:55,249 --> 00:01:56,482 WATER. SO THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT WE 56 00:01:56,484 --> 00:01:57,149 SO THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING. 57 00:01:57,151 --> 00:01:59,785 HAVE BEEN DOING. >> WE'RE IN A DROUGHT, BUT IT 58 00:01:59,787 --> 00:02:00,853 >> WE'RE IN A DROUGHT, BUT IT COULD BE SAID THAT ARIZONA IS 59 00:02:00,855 --> 00:02:03,722 COULD BE SAID THAT ARIZONA IS ALWAYS IN A DROUGHT BECAUSE 60 00:02:03,724 --> 00:02:04,256 ALWAYS IN A DROUGHT BECAUSE WE'RE IN THE DESERT. 61 00:02:04,258 --> 00:02:05,290 WE'RE IN THE DESERT. HOW DO YOU MANAGE? 62 00:02:05,292 --> 00:02:07,593 HOW DO YOU MANAGE? >> WELL, YOU KNOW, THIS ISN'T 63 00:02:07,595 --> 00:02:08,460 >> WELL, YOU KNOW, THIS ISN'T OUR FIRST DROUGHT. 64 00:02:08,462 --> 00:02:12,030 OUR FIRST DROUGHT. WHEN YOU HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE 65 00:02:12,032 --> 00:02:14,900 WHEN YOU HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE 1884, WE HAVE SEEN AT LEAST FOUR 66 00:02:14,902 --> 00:02:15,934 1884, WE HAVE SEEN AT LEAST FOUR SIGNIFICANT DROUGHTS IN OUR 67 00:02:15,936 --> 00:02:16,768 SIGNIFICANT DROUGHTS IN OUR WRITTEN HISTORY AND YOU MANAGE 68 00:02:16,770 --> 00:02:18,036 WRITTEN HISTORY AND YOU MANAGE BY PLANNING AHEAD. 69 00:02:18,038 --> 00:02:19,872 BY PLANNING AHEAD. WE PRETTY MUCH EXPECT THAT AT 70 00:02:19,874 --> 00:02:21,373 WE PRETTY MUCH EXPECT THAT AT SOME POINT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE 71 00:02:21,375 --> 00:02:22,708 SOME POINT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO BE IN A DROUGHT OR 72 00:02:22,710 --> 00:02:23,675 GOING TO BE IN A DROUGHT OR WE'LL HAVE A DRY YEAR. 73 00:02:23,677 --> 00:02:27,846 WE'LL HAVE A DRY YEAR. YOU KNOW, WE'RE GROWING THINGS 74 00:02:27,848 --> 00:02:28,580 YOU KNOW, WE'RE GROWING THINGS YEAR ROUND EVERY YEAR SO WE HAVE 75 00:02:28,582 --> 00:02:30,249 YEAR ROUND EVERY YEAR SO WE HAVE TO MANAGE AND PLAN EVERY SINGLE 76 00:02:30,251 --> 00:02:30,549 TO MANAGE AND PLAN EVERY SINGLE YEAR. 77 00:02:30,551 --> 00:02:31,984 YEAR. SO IT'S A PART OF LIFE FOR US. 78 00:02:31,986 --> 00:02:34,052 SO IT'S A PART OF LIFE FOR US. >> DO YOU WORRY ABOUT THE WATER 79 00:02:34,054 --> 00:02:39,324 >> DO YOU WORRY ABOUT THE WATER RESOURCES IN THE STATE IMPACTING 80 00:02:39,326 --> 00:02:40,058 RESOURCES IN THE STATE IMPACTING YOUR ABILITY TO SURVIVE OUT HERE 81 00:02:40,060 --> 00:02:40,726 YOUR ABILITY TO SURVIVE OUT HERE AND THIS IS WHAT YOU CALL A 82 00:02:40,728 --> 00:02:41,360 AND THIS IS WHAT YOU CALL A BUSINESS FOR YOU? 83 00:02:41,362 --> 00:02:44,363 BUSINESS FOR YOU? >> WELL, YOU KNOW, I DO WORRY 84 00:02:44,365 --> 00:02:47,599 >> WELL, YOU KNOW, I DO WORRY ABOUT HOW PEOPLE DEAL WITH THE 85 00:02:47,601 --> 00:02:47,933 ABOUT HOW PEOPLE DEAL WITH THE DROUGHT. 86 00:02:47,935 --> 00:02:50,536 DROUGHT. YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T DO YOU ANY 87 00:02:50,538 --> 00:02:53,372 YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T DO YOU ANY GOOD TO FRET ABOUT THE DROUGHT. 88 00:02:53,374 --> 00:02:54,106 GOOD TO FRET ABOUT THE DROUGHT. WE CAN'T MAKE IT RAIN, BUT WHAT 89 00:02:54,108 --> 00:02:55,274 WE CAN'T MAKE IT RAIN, BUT WHAT I WORRY ABOUT IS HOW PEOPLE WILL 90 00:02:55,276 --> 00:02:55,841 I WORRY ABOUT IS HOW PEOPLE WILL REACT TO IT. 91 00:02:55,843 --> 00:02:57,809 REACT TO IT. IF YOU MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON 92 00:02:57,811 --> 00:02:59,144 IF YOU MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON FEAR INSTEAD OF ON FACTS, THAT'S 93 00:02:59,146 --> 00:03:01,046 FEAR INSTEAD OF ON FACTS, THAT'S WHEN THAT CAN HAVE A REAL IMPACT 94 00:03:01,048 --> 00:03:02,748 WHEN THAT CAN HAVE A REAL IMPACT ON US BEING ABLE TO PRODUCE 95 00:03:02,750 --> 00:03:03,048 ON US BEING ABLE TO PRODUCE FOOD. 96 00:03:03,050 --> 00:03:04,149 FOOD. JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE IN 97 00:03:04,151 --> 00:03:05,317 JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE IN OTHER PARTS OF THE STATE THAT 98 00:03:05,319 --> 00:03:08,854 OTHER PARTS OF THE STATE THAT ARE GROWING CROPS AS WELL. 99 00:03:08,856 --> 00:03:10,889 ARE GROWING CROPS AS WELL. PEOPLE TEND TO PANIC AND BECAUSE 100 00:03:10,891 --> 00:03:12,524 PEOPLE TEND TO PANIC AND BECAUSE AGRICULTURE USES A SIGNIFICANT 101 00:03:12,526 --> 00:03:13,825 AGRICULTURE USES A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WATER, WE TEND TO HAVE 102 00:03:13,827 --> 00:03:16,862 AMOUNT OF WATER, WE TEND TO HAVE THE FINGERS POINTED AT US FIRST. 103 00:03:16,864 --> 00:03:18,797 THE FINGERS POINTED AT US FIRST. AND SO I THINK IT'S JUST A 104 00:03:18,799 --> 00:03:21,700 AND SO I THINK IT'S JUST A MATTER OF US TAKING THE TIME AND 105 00:03:21,702 --> 00:03:23,035 MATTER OF US TAKING THE TIME AND OPPORTUNITY TO LET PEOPLE 106 00:03:23,037 --> 00:03:26,438 OPPORTUNITY TO LET PEOPLE UNDERSTAND, YEAH, WE USE WATER 107 00:03:26,440 --> 00:03:29,007 UNDERSTAND, YEAH, WE USE WATER BUT WE HAVE TO TO GROW FOOD. 108 00:03:29,009 --> 00:03:30,609 BUT WE HAVE TO TO GROW FOOD. ARIZONA IS A SIGNIFICANT 109 00:03:30,611 --> 00:03:32,411 ARIZONA IS A SIGNIFICANT PRODUCER OF FOOD FOR THE STATE 110 00:03:32,413 --> 00:03:33,445 PRODUCER OF FOOD FOR THE STATE AND THE COUNTRY, OBVIOUSLY. 111 00:03:33,447 --> 00:03:36,114 AND THE COUNTRY, OBVIOUSLY. SO IT'S NOT A MATTER OF, OH, WE 112 00:03:36,116 --> 00:03:37,182 SO IT'S NOT A MATTER OF, OH, WE CAN TAKE THE WATER AWAY FROM THE 113 00:03:37,184 --> 00:03:37,849 CAN TAKE THE WATER AWAY FROM THE FARMERS AND USE IT FOR THE 114 00:03:37,851 --> 00:03:38,183 FARMERS AND USE IT FOR THE CITIES. 115 00:03:38,185 --> 00:03:41,587 CITIES. YOU KNOW, AGRICULTURE IS NOT A 116 00:03:41,589 --> 00:03:41,987 YOU KNOW, AGRICULTURE IS NOT A WATER BANK. 117 00:03:41,989 --> 00:03:42,521 WATER BANK. WE'RE A FOOD SOURCE. 118 00:03:42,523 --> 00:03:46,825 WE'RE A FOOD SOURCE. SO WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO MANAGE 119 00:03:46,827 --> 00:03:48,827 SO WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO MANAGE FOR THE FUTURE AND PRACTICE 120 00:03:48,829 --> 00:03:49,261 FOR THE FUTURE AND PRACTICE CONSERVATION. 121 00:03:49,263 --> 00:03:50,295 CONSERVATION. AND I THINK IF WE CONTINUE TO DO 122 00:03:50,297 --> 00:03:51,463 AND I THINK IF WE CONTINUE TO DO THAT AND WE TELL PEOPLE THAT 123 00:03:51,465 --> 00:03:52,898 THAT AND WE TELL PEOPLE THAT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING AND 124 00:03:52,900 --> 00:03:54,366 THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING AND EXPLAIN TO THEM, YOU KNOW, THE 125 00:03:54,368 --> 00:03:55,100 EXPLAIN TO THEM, YOU KNOW, THE ACTIONS THAT WE'RE TAKING THEN 126 00:03:55,102 --> 00:03:55,834 ACTIONS THAT WE'RE TAKING THEN HOPEFULLY PEOPLE WILL USE THAT 127 00:03:55,836 --> 00:04:01,340 HOPEFULLY PEOPLE WILL USE THAT INFORMATION TO MAKE GOOD 128 00:04:01,342 --> 00:04:01,740 INFORMATION TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS. 129 00:04:01,742 --> 00:04:03,075 DECISIONS. >> WHAT DON'T PEOPLE -- THE 130 00:04:03,077 --> 00:04:04,042 >> WHAT DON'T PEOPLE -- THE AVERAGE ARIZONIAN MAYBE KNOW 131 00:04:04,044 --> 00:04:05,711 AVERAGE ARIZONIAN MAYBE KNOW ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH 132 00:04:05,713 --> 00:04:07,145 ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH CATTLE RANCHING AND FARMING IN 133 00:04:07,147 --> 00:04:07,913 CATTLE RANCHING AND FARMING IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA? 134 00:04:07,915 --> 00:04:10,048 THE STATE OF ARIZONA? IS IT A HEALTHY PICTURE RIGHT 135 00:04:10,050 --> 00:04:10,482 IS IT A HEALTHY PICTURE RIGHT NOW? 136 00:04:10,484 --> 00:04:11,550 NOW? IS IT IN TROUBLE? 137 00:04:11,552 --> 00:04:13,185 IS IT IN TROUBLE? >> NO, I DON'T THINK IT'S IN 138 00:04:13,187 --> 00:04:14,419 >> NO, I DON'T THINK IT'S IN TROUBLE AT ALL. 139 00:04:14,421 --> 00:04:15,254 TROUBLE AT ALL. IT'S -- YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN A 140 00:04:15,256 --> 00:04:15,954 IT'S -- YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN A VERY GOOD CONDITION RIGHT NOW. 141 00:04:15,956 --> 00:04:18,690 VERY GOOD CONDITION RIGHT NOW. THE BEEF MARKET IS DOING WELL. 142 00:04:18,692 --> 00:04:21,793 THE BEEF MARKET IS DOING WELL. YOU KNOW, OF COURSE THINGS OUT 143 00:04:21,795 --> 00:04:26,331 YOU KNOW, OF COURSE THINGS OUT OF OUT OF CONTROL LIKE THE 144 00:04:26,333 --> 00:04:26,665 OF OUT OF CONTROL LIKE THE WEATHER. 145 00:04:26,667 --> 00:04:27,399 WEATHER. YOU CAN'T FRET ABOUT THAT, BUT 146 00:04:27,401 --> 00:04:28,133 YOU CAN'T FRET ABOUT THAT, BUT YOU HAVE TO MANAGE THROUGH THAT. 147 00:04:28,135 --> 00:04:28,867 YOU HAVE TO MANAGE THROUGH THAT. THE AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY IS VERY 148 00:04:28,869 --> 00:04:29,201 THE AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY IS VERY STRONG. 149 00:04:29,203 --> 00:04:29,835 STRONG. AND ONE OF THE REASONS IS 150 00:04:29,837 --> 00:04:34,039 AND ONE OF THE REASONS IS BECAUSE WE HAVE GROWN UP SO TO 151 00:04:34,041 --> 00:04:34,773 BECAUSE WE HAVE GROWN UP SO TO SPEAK AS AN INDUSTRY IN ARIZONA. 152 00:04:34,775 --> 00:04:35,440 SPEAK AS AN INDUSTRY IN ARIZONA. PLANNING FOR THE WORST AND 153 00:04:35,442 --> 00:04:37,442 PLANNING FOR THE WORST AND HOPING FOR THE BEST. 154 00:04:37,444 --> 00:04:39,311 HOPING FOR THE BEST. AND SO THAT MEANS WHEN THAT'S 155 00:04:39,313 --> 00:04:41,346 AND SO THAT MEANS WHEN THAT'S WATER SHORTAGES, YOU KNOW, YOU 156 00:04:41,348 --> 00:04:46,218 WATER SHORTAGES, YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK AT THE FORETHOUGHT OF OUR 157 00:04:46,220 --> 00:04:46,918 LOOK AT THE FORETHOUGHT OF OUR ANCESTORS THAT FIRST CAME TO 158 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:48,487 ANCESTORS THAT FIRST CAME TO ARIZONA IN DOING THE C.A.P. 159 00:04:48,489 --> 00:04:49,721 ARIZONA IN DOING THE C.A.P. CANAL AND THINKING OF 160 00:04:49,723 --> 00:04:50,555 CANAL AND THINKING OF GROUNDWATER SUPPLIES. 161 00:04:50,557 --> 00:04:54,126 GROUNDWATER SUPPLIES. YOU THINK IN THE ABOUT 80s WHEN 162 00:04:54,128 --> 00:04:54,893 YOU THINK IN THE ABOUT 80s WHEN EVERYONE CAME TOGETHER AND 163 00:04:54,895 --> 00:04:55,894 EVERYONE CAME TOGETHER AND MANAGED THE WATER IN ARIZONA. 164 00:04:55,896 --> 00:04:56,862 MANAGED THE WATER IN ARIZONA. A LOT OF STATES HAVEN'T DONE 165 00:04:56,864 --> 00:04:57,162 A LOT OF STATES HAVEN'T DONE THAT. 166 00:04:57,164 --> 00:04:57,896 THAT. AND AGRICULTURE HAS BEEN A BIG 167 00:04:57,898 --> 00:05:00,232 AND AGRICULTURE HAS BEEN A BIG PART OF THAT. 168 00:05:00,234 --> 00:05:02,668 PART OF THAT. YOU KNOW, AS A PRIMARY PRIVATE 169 00:05:02,670 --> 00:05:04,536 YOU KNOW, AS A PRIMARY PRIVATE LAND HOLDER AND A PRIMARY WATER 170 00:05:04,538 --> 00:05:04,836 LAND HOLDER AND A PRIMARY WATER USER. 171 00:05:04,838 --> 00:05:07,039 USER. SO I THINK BECAUSE WE'RE ALWAYS 172 00:05:07,041 --> 00:05:08,974 SO I THINK BECAUSE WE'RE ALWAYS PROACTIVE WE'RE GOING TO BE 173 00:05:08,976 --> 00:05:09,308 PROACTIVE WE'RE GOING TO BE HEALTHY. 174 00:05:09,310 --> 00:05:11,977 HEALTHY. AS LONG AS PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHY 175 00:05:11,979 --> 00:05:12,711 AS LONG AS PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING AND 176 00:05:12,713 --> 00:05:13,412 WE'RE DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING AND HOW WE DO IT. 177 00:05:13,414 --> 00:05:14,780 HOW WE DO IT. WE HAVE ENOUGH RANCHERS IN 178 00:05:14,782 --> 00:05:15,847 WE HAVE ENOUGH RANCHERS IN ARIZONA AND BEEF PRODUCTION 179 00:05:15,849 --> 00:05:16,148 ARIZONA AND BEEF PRODUCTION HERE. 180 00:05:16,150 --> 00:05:21,019 HERE. WE FEED OVER 4.5 MILLION PEOPLE 181 00:05:21,021 --> 00:05:21,753 WE FEED OVER 4.5 MILLION PEOPLE JUST WITH THE BEEF PRODUCTION IN 182 00:05:21,755 --> 00:05:22,087 JUST WITH THE BEEF PRODUCTION IN ARIZONA. 183 00:05:22,089 --> 00:05:26,458 ARIZONA. WE PRODUCE ENOUGH COTTON IN 184 00:05:26,460 --> 00:05:28,126 WE PRODUCE ENOUGH COTTON IN ARIZONA TO PUT A PAIR OF PANTS 185 00:05:28,128 --> 00:05:29,328 ARIZONA TO PUT A PAIR OF PANTS ON EVERYONE IN THE UNITED 186 00:05:29,330 --> 00:05:31,930 ON EVERYONE IN THE UNITED STATES. 187 00:05:31,932 --> 00:05:32,664 STATES. TO SAY WE NEED THE WATER, WELL, 188 00:05:32,666 --> 00:05:33,398 TO SAY WE NEED THE WATER, WELL, YOU'RE AFFECTING YOUR FOOD AND 189 00:05:33,400 --> 00:05:33,699 YOU'RE AFFECTING YOUR FOOD AND FINER. 190 00:05:33,701 --> 00:05:40,205 FINER. PEOPLE ARE FINE WITH HAVING 191 00:05:40,207 --> 00:05:40,939 PEOPLE ARE FINE WITH HAVING EVERYTHING IN THEIR LIVING ROOM 192 00:05:40,941 --> 00:05:41,540 EVERYTHING IN THEIR LIVING ROOM MADE IN ANOTHER COUNTRY. 193 00:05:41,542 --> 00:05:44,276 MADE IN ANOTHER COUNTRY. BUT WHEN THEY OPEN THE 194 00:05:44,278 --> 00:05:44,976 BUT WHEN THEY OPEN THE REFRIGERATOR THEY DON'T WANT 195 00:05:44,978 --> 00:05:45,877 REFRIGERATOR THEY DON'T WANT THEIR FOOD TO BE FROM ANOTHER 196 00:05:45,879 --> 00:05:46,278 THEIR FOOD TO BE FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY. 197 00:05:46,280 --> 00:05:49,448 COUNTRY. THAT'S WHAT I ALWAYS TRY TO 198 00:05:49,450 --> 00:05:49,948 THAT'S WHAT I ALWAYS TRY TO EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE. 199 00:05:49,950 --> 00:05:50,682 EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE. WE DON'T THINK ABOUT OUR FOOD IN 200 00:05:50,684 --> 00:05:51,316 WE DON'T THINK ABOUT OUR FOOD IN TERMS OF WHAT IT TAKES TO 201 00:05:51,318 --> 00:05:52,017 TERMS OF WHAT IT TAKES TO SUPPORT THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE 202 00:05:52,019 --> 00:05:54,086 SUPPORT THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE GROWING IT. 203 00:05:54,088 --> 00:05:55,520 GROWING IT. AND ONE OF THOSE THINGS IS WHEN 204 00:05:55,522 --> 00:05:57,389 AND ONE OF THOSE THINGS IS WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WATER, 205 00:05:57,391 --> 00:05:58,090 YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WATER, ESPECIALLY IN ARIZONA, IS WE 206 00:05:58,092 --> 00:05:58,690 ESPECIALLY IN ARIZONA, IS WE NEED TO BE PART OF THE 207 00:05:58,692 --> 00:06:00,826 NEED TO BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION. 208 00:06:00,828 --> 00:06:02,761 CONVERSATION. YOU KNOW, FARMERS AND RANCHERS 209 00:06:02,763 --> 00:06:03,929 YOU KNOW, FARMERS AND RANCHERS NEED TO BE PART OF THE 210 00:06:03,931 --> 00:06:04,563 NEED TO BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION. 211 00:06:04,565 --> 00:06:06,231 CONVERSATION. WHEN IT COMES TO WATER 212 00:06:06,233 --> 00:06:07,866 WHEN IT COMES TO WATER CONSERVATION AND THINGBES LIKE 213 00:06:07,868 --> 00:06:08,166 CONSERVATION AND THINGBES LIKE THAT. 214 00:06:08,168 --> 00:06:08,900 THAT. IF WE'RE NOT, THEN WE WON'T BE 215 00:06:08,902 --> 00:06:12,170 IF WE'RE NOT, THEN WE WON'T BE ABLE TO GROW FOOD. 216 00:06:12,172 --> 00:06:15,540 ABLE TO GROW FOOD. >> SMALLHOUSE SAYS HER RANCH 217 00:06:15,542 --> 00:06:16,641 >> SMALLHOUSE SAYS HER RANCH USED TO SHIP FOUR LOADS OF 218 00:06:16,643 --> 00:06:17,943 USED TO SHIP FOUR LOADS OF CATTLE EVERY YEAR, BUT BECAUSE 219 00:06:17,945 --> 00:06:21,012 CATTLE EVERY YEAR, BUT BECAUSE OF THE DROUGHT THEY HAVE REDUCED 220 00:06:21,014 --> 00:06:22,514 OF THE DROUGHT THEY HAVE REDUCED THE SHIPMENTS IN HALF AS 221 00:06:22,516 --> 00:06:24,683 THE SHIPMENTS IN HALF AS IRRIGATING THEIR 65,000 ACRES 222 00:06:24,685 --> 00:06:26,518 IRRIGATING THEIR 65,000 ACRES HAS PRESENTED A CHALLENGE. 223 00:06:26,520 --> 00:06:27,219 HAS PRESENTED A CHALLENGE. STEPHANIE, WHERE DOES CARLINK 224 00:06:27,221 --> 00:06:27,853 STEPHANIE, WHERE DOES CARLINK RANCH GET ITS WATER FROM? 225 00:06:27,855 --> 00:06:32,424 RANCH GET ITS WATER FROM? >> THE MAJORITY OF THE WATER 226 00:06:32,426 --> 00:06:35,560 >> THE MAJORITY OF THE WATER THAT WE USE IS GROUNDWATER. 227 00:06:35,562 --> 00:06:36,261 THAT WE USE IS GROUNDWATER. WE HAVE AN OLD SURFACE WATER 228 00:06:36,263 --> 00:06:39,097 WE HAVE AN OLD SURFACE WATER RIGHT THAT WE USE AND WE HAVE 229 00:06:39,099 --> 00:06:41,767 RIGHT THAT WE USE AND WE HAVE HAD IT SINCE THE 1880s, BUT THE 230 00:06:41,769 --> 00:06:43,101 HAD IT SINCE THE 1880s, BUT THE RIVER HAS TO BE RUNNING TO USE 231 00:06:43,103 --> 00:06:43,502 RIVER HAS TO BE RUNNING TO USE THAT. 232 00:06:43,504 --> 00:06:45,070 THAT. SO MOST OF THE WATER IS PUMPED 233 00:06:45,072 --> 00:06:45,971 SO MOST OF THE WATER IS PUMPED OUT OF THE GROUND. 234 00:06:45,973 --> 00:06:49,341 OUT OF THE GROUND. >> WHEN IT DOESN'T RAIN, ARE YOU 235 00:06:49,343 --> 00:06:49,674 >> WHEN IT DOESN'T RAIN, ARE YOU WORRIED? 236 00:06:49,676 --> 00:06:50,075 WORRIED? >> OH, SURE. 237 00:06:50,077 --> 00:06:50,809 >> OH, SURE. YOU KNOW, WE JUST RACE AROUND TO 238 00:06:50,811 --> 00:06:52,043 YOU KNOW, WE JUST RACE AROUND TO PLANT ONE OF OUR FIELDS RIGHT 239 00:06:52,045 --> 00:06:53,645 PLANT ONE OF OUR FIELDS RIGHT BEFORE THAT RAIN STORM HIT A FEW 240 00:06:53,647 --> 00:06:54,679 BEFORE THAT RAIN STORM HIT A FEW DAYS AGO BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT WE 241 00:06:54,681 --> 00:06:57,482 DAYS AGO BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT WE WERE GOING TO GET BASICALLY 242 00:06:57,484 --> 00:06:58,850 WERE GOING TO GET BASICALLY INEXPENSIVE WATER TO COME OUT OF 243 00:06:58,852 --> 00:06:59,184 INEXPENSIVE WATER TO COME OUT OF THE SKY. 244 00:06:59,186 --> 00:07:03,054 THE SKY. IT COSTS MONEY TO PUMP IT OUT OF 245 00:07:03,056 --> 00:07:03,455 IT COSTS MONEY TO PUMP IT OUT OF THE GROUND. 246 00:07:03,457 --> 00:07:04,990 THE GROUND. WE WATCH THE WELL FLUCTUATION, 247 00:07:04,992 --> 00:07:06,425 WE WATCH THE WELL FLUCTUATION, SO WE MIGHT CHANGE UP A CROP, 248 00:07:06,427 --> 00:07:07,159 SO WE MIGHT CHANGE UP A CROP, FALLOW A FIELD. 249 00:07:07,161 --> 00:07:08,693 FALLOW A FIELD. BUT I MEAN, WE'RE CONCERNED. 250 00:07:08,695 --> 00:07:10,796 BUT I MEAN, WE'RE CONCERNED. I MEAN, WE HAVE TO HAVE WATER. 251 00:07:10,798 --> 00:07:13,765 I MEAN, WE HAVE TO HAVE WATER. ANY CHANGES IS A CONCERN. 252 00:07:13,767 --> 00:07:15,567 ANY CHANGES IS A CONCERN. >> AND HOW IS THE WATER 253 00:07:15,569 --> 00:07:18,403 >> AND HOW IS THE WATER DISTRIBUTED ON THIS FARM ON THIS 254 00:07:18,405 --> 00:07:18,703 DISTRIBUTED ON THIS FARM ON THIS RANCH? 255 00:07:18,705 --> 00:07:19,771 RANCH? >> IT IS THROUGH PIPE LINES. 256 00:07:19,773 --> 00:07:21,139 >> IT IS THROUGH PIPE LINES. WE HAVE WATER EVERY TWO MILES ON 257 00:07:21,141 --> 00:07:25,610 WE HAVE WATER EVERY TWO MILES ON THE RANGE WHICH IS IMPORTANT FOR 258 00:07:25,612 --> 00:07:26,278 THE RANGE WHICH IS IMPORTANT FOR RANGE MANAGEMENT BECAUSE IT 259 00:07:26,280 --> 00:07:32,017 RANGE MANAGEMENT BECAUSE IT MEANS THAT THE CATTLE MOVE 260 00:07:32,019 --> 00:07:32,350 MEANS THAT THE CATTLE MOVE RAPIDLY. 261 00:07:32,352 --> 00:07:33,084 RAPIDLY. WE HAVE WATER EVERY TWO MILES ON 262 00:07:33,086 --> 00:07:33,785 WE HAVE WATER EVERY TWO MILES ON THE RANCH AND THEN DOWN HERE 263 00:07:33,787 --> 00:07:34,686 THE RANCH AND THEN DOWN HERE EVERYTHING IS PIPED. 264 00:07:34,688 --> 00:07:36,488 EVERYTHING IS PIPED. >> THIS IS A CENTER PIVOT, THIS 265 00:07:36,490 --> 00:07:37,889 >> THIS IS A CENTER PIVOT, THIS IS WHAT YOU HOPE IS THE 266 00:07:37,891 --> 00:07:39,791 IS WHAT YOU HOPE IS THE LONG-TERM PICTURE FOR THE 267 00:07:39,793 --> 00:07:40,125 LONG-TERM PICTURE FOR THE FUTURE. 268 00:07:40,127 --> 00:07:40,725 FUTURE. >> EXACTLY. 269 00:07:40,727 --> 00:07:42,661 >> EXACTLY. THIS PIVOT RIGHT HERE WE HAVE 270 00:07:42,663 --> 00:07:45,497 THIS PIVOT RIGHT HERE WE HAVE CONVERTED PROBABLY ABOUT 350 271 00:07:45,499 --> 00:07:46,832 CONVERTED PROBABLY ABOUT 350 ACRES TO PIVOT RIGHT NOW. 272 00:07:46,834 --> 00:07:47,566 ACRES TO PIVOT RIGHT NOW. EARLIER WE WERE OVER BY A SIDE 273 00:07:47,568 --> 00:07:48,300 EARLIER WE WERE OVER BY A SIDE ROLE SPRINKLER AND SO OVER THE 274 00:07:48,302 --> 00:07:52,103 ROLE SPRINKLER AND SO OVER THE LAST 30 YEARS WE HAVE BEEN 275 00:07:52,105 --> 00:07:52,704 LAST 30 YEARS WE HAVE BEEN TRANSITIONING TO NEWER 276 00:07:52,706 --> 00:07:53,104 TRANSITIONING TO NEWER TECHNOLOGY. 277 00:07:53,106 --> 00:07:57,309 TECHNOLOGY. THIS PIVOT RIGHT HERE IS 90% 278 00:07:57,311 --> 00:07:58,343 THIS PIVOT RIGHT HERE IS 90% EFFICIENT AND SO BASICALLY WHAT 279 00:07:58,345 --> 00:08:00,245 EFFICIENT AND SO BASICALLY WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT FROM THE TIME 280 00:08:00,247 --> 00:08:02,080 THAT MEANS IS THAT FROM THE TIME WE WERE FLOOD IRRIGATING, WHICH 281 00:08:02,082 --> 00:08:04,449 WE WERE FLOOD IRRIGATING, WHICH WAS YEARS AGO, WE'RE SAVING 282 00:08:04,451 --> 00:08:05,083 WAS YEARS AGO, WE'RE SAVING BASICALLY 60% MORE WATER. 283 00:08:05,085 --> 00:08:08,453 BASICALLY 60% MORE WATER. SO TO US, WE'RE -- YOU KNOW, WE 284 00:08:08,455 --> 00:08:09,187 SO TO US, WE'RE -- YOU KNOW, WE ARE TRYING TO SHOW PEOPLE, WE'RE 285 00:08:09,189 --> 00:08:11,122 ARE TRYING TO SHOW PEOPLE, WE'RE TRYING TO BE SMART AND WE NEED 286 00:08:11,124 --> 00:08:11,823 TRYING TO BE SMART AND WE NEED THIS TO BE AROUND FOR A LONG 287 00:08:11,825 --> 00:08:12,123 THIS TO BE AROUND FOR A LONG TIME. 288 00:08:12,125 --> 00:08:16,561 TIME. SO WE'RE PRETTY CAREFUL WITH THE 289 00:08:16,563 --> 00:08:16,895 SO WE'RE PRETTY CAREFUL WITH THE WATER. 290 00:08:16,897 --> 00:08:18,830 WATER. >> SPEAKING OF A LONG-TERM 291 00:08:18,832 --> 00:08:21,199 >> SPEAKING OF A LONG-TERM PICTURE, THIS CARLINK RANCH HAS 292 00:08:21,201 --> 00:08:23,034 PICTURE, THIS CARLINK RANCH HAS BEEN HERE SINCE 1870. 293 00:08:23,036 --> 00:08:25,070 BEEN HERE SINCE 1870. YOU PEOPLE ARE TOUGH, YOU HAVE 294 00:08:25,072 --> 00:08:26,137 YOU PEOPLE ARE TOUGH, YOU HAVE MANAGED TO SURVIVE. 295 00:08:26,139 --> 00:08:28,740 MANAGED TO SURVIVE. >> WE'RE JUST STUBBORN. 296 00:08:28,742 --> 00:08:29,107 >> WE'RE JUST STUBBORN. STUBBORN. 297 00:08:29,109 --> 00:08:30,242 STUBBORN. >> KEEP MOVING FORWARD THOUGH? 298 00:08:30,244 --> 00:08:30,575 >> KEEP MOVING FORWARD THOUGH? >> SURE. 299 00:08:30,577 --> 00:08:31,309 >> SURE. EVERYTHING WE DO, EVERYTHING WE 300 00:08:31,311 --> 00:08:34,646 EVERYTHING WE DO, EVERYTHING WE DO OUT HERE IS SO THAT SOME DAY, 301 00:08:34,648 --> 00:08:35,380 DO OUT HERE IS SO THAT SOME DAY, YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE SITTING BACK 302 00:08:35,382 --> 00:08:36,114 YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE SITTING BACK A LITTLE BIT AND OUR KIDS WILL 303 00:08:36,116 --> 00:08:39,484 A LITTLE BIT AND OUR KIDS WILL BE DOING, YOU KNOW, WORKING OUT 304 00:08:39,486 --> 00:08:40,919 BE DOING, YOU KNOW, WORKING OUT HERE AND ENJOYING IT. 305 00:08:40,921 --> 00:08:42,120 HERE AND ENJOYING IT. THEY'LL BE AS PASSIONATE ABOUT 306 00:08:42,122 --> 00:08:43,121 THEY'LL BE AS PASSIONATE ABOUT IT AS WE ARE. 307 00:08:43,123 --> 00:08:44,356 IT AS WE ARE. I HAVE A 10-YEAR-OLD AND A 308 00:08:44,358 --> 00:08:45,357 I HAVE A 10-YEAR-OLD AND A 6-YEAR-OLD AND MY 10-YEAR-OLD IS 309 00:08:45,359 --> 00:08:46,291 6-YEAR-OLD AND MY 10-YEAR-OLD IS MORE PASSIONATE ABOUT IT THAN A 310 00:08:46,293 --> 00:08:46,958 MORE PASSIONATE ABOUT IT THAN A LOT OF PEOPLE I KNOW IN THE 311 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:47,459 LOT OF PEOPLE I KNOW IN THE BUSINESS ALREADY. 312 00:08:47,461 --> 00:08:51,096 BUSINESS ALREADY. SO, YOU KNOW, MY ULTIMATE GOAL 313 00:08:51,098 --> 00:08:52,998 SO, YOU KNOW, MY ULTIMATE GOAL IS NOT TO MAKE HER DO THIS AND 314 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:53,632 IS NOT TO MAKE HER DO THIS AND NOT TO MAKE MY SON DO IT. 315 00:08:53,634 --> 00:08:54,366 NOT TO MAKE MY SON DO IT. BUT TO MAKE -- SO THEY WANT TO 316 00:08:54,368 --> 00:08:55,166 BUT TO MAKE -- SO THEY WANT TO DO IT. 317 00:08:55,168 --> 00:08:59,037 DO IT. AND IF, YOU KNOW, IF THEY SEE 318 00:08:59,039 --> 00:09:00,972 AND IF, YOU KNOW, IF THEY SEE THAT WE GET REWARD OUT OF THIS, 319 00:09:00,974 --> 00:09:01,806 THAT WE GET REWARD OUT OF THIS, WHETHER IT'S A LIFESTYLE, AND 320 00:09:01,808 --> 00:09:02,541 WHETHER IT'S A LIFESTYLE, AND THAT MAKES THEM WANT TO DO IT, 321 00:09:02,543 --> 00:09:05,977 THAT MAKES THEM WANT TO DO IT, THEN, YOU KNOW, THAT'S GOING TO 322 00:09:05,979 --> 00:09:09,848 THEN, YOU KNOW, THAT'S GOING TO MAKE MY HUSBAND AND I HAPPY. 323 00:09:09,850 --> 00:09:11,883 MAKE MY HUSBAND AND I HAPPY. >> OUR NEIGHBOR TO THE WEST, 324 00:09:11,885 --> 00:09:13,785 >> OUR NEIGHBOR TO THE WEST, CALIFORNIA, IS IN AN EPIC 325 00:09:13,787 --> 00:09:14,119 CALIFORNIA, IS IN AN EPIC DROUGHT. 326 00:09:14,121 --> 00:09:15,453 DROUGHT. ARIZONA MONITORS THE GOLDEN 327 00:09:15,455 --> 00:09:17,289 ARIZONA MONITORS THE GOLDEN STATE'S WATER RESOURCES BECAUSE 328 00:09:17,291 --> 00:09:19,457 STATE'S WATER RESOURCES BECAUSE THE TWO STATES SHARE USE OF THE 329 00:09:19,459 --> 00:09:20,892 THE TWO STATES SHARE USE OF THE COLORADO RIVER. 330 00:09:20,894 --> 00:09:27,699 COLORADO RIVER. HERE NOW IS ARIZONA PUBLIC MEDIA 331 00:09:27,701 --> 00:09:31,903 HERE NOW IS ARIZONA PUBLIC MEDIA VANESSA BARCHFIELD WITH MICHAEL 332 00:09:31,905 --> 00:09:32,237 VANESSA BARCHFIELD WITH MICHAEL LACEY. 333 00:09:32,239 --> 00:09:32,971 LACEY. >> THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME 334 00:09:32,973 --> 00:09:33,572 >> THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO SPEAK WITH US TODAY. 335 00:09:33,574 --> 00:09:34,306 TO SPEAK WITH US TODAY. ACCORDING TO YOUR DEPARTMENT'S 336 00:09:34,308 --> 00:09:38,777 ACCORDING TO YOUR DEPARTMENT'S STREAMIC -- STRATEGIC VISION FOR 337 00:09:38,779 --> 00:09:41,846 STREAMIC -- STRATEGIC VISION FOR SUSTAINABILITY, ARIZONA ISN'T 338 00:09:41,848 --> 00:09:42,480 SUSTAINABILITY, ARIZONA ISN'T FACING AN IMMEDIATE WATER 339 00:09:42,482 --> 00:09:42,814 FACING AN IMMEDIATE WATER CRISIS. 340 00:09:42,816 --> 00:09:43,515 CRISIS. WHAT DO YOU DEFINE AS CRISIS? 341 00:09:43,517 --> 00:09:44,349 WHAT DO YOU DEFINE AS CRISIS? >> THE VISION WAS A LONG-TERM 342 00:09:44,351 --> 00:09:45,050 >> THE VISION WAS A LONG-TERM LOOK AT SUPPLIES AND DEMANDS. 343 00:09:45,052 --> 00:09:47,752 LOOK AT SUPPLIES AND DEMANDS. SO THERE MAY BE AREAS IN THE 344 00:09:47,754 --> 00:09:53,058 SO THERE MAY BE AREAS IN THE STATE THAT HAVE SHORT-TERM 345 00:09:53,060 --> 00:09:54,359 STATE THAT HAVE SHORT-TERM ISSUES WITH DROUGHT IMPACTING 346 00:09:54,361 --> 00:09:54,893 ISSUES WITH DROUGHT IMPACTING AVAILABLE SUPPLIES. 347 00:09:54,895 --> 00:09:55,560 AVAILABLE SUPPLIES. BUT THE VISION WAS REALLY A 348 00:09:55,562 --> 00:09:58,597 BUT THE VISION WAS REALLY A LARGER LOOK AT SORT OF MORE 349 00:09:58,599 --> 00:09:59,331 LARGER LOOK AT SORT OF MORE NORMAL AVERAGE CONDITIONS ACROSS 350 00:09:59,333 --> 00:09:59,698 NORMAL AVERAGE CONDITIONS ACROSS THE STATE. 351 00:09:59,700 --> 00:10:05,303 THE STATE. THERE ARE INDUSTRIES THAT ARE 352 00:10:05,305 --> 00:10:07,105 THERE ARE INDUSTRIES THAT ARE IMPACTED, WE'RE IN OUR 14th YEAR 353 00:10:07,107 --> 00:10:09,808 IMPACTED, WE'RE IN OUR 14th YEAR OF DROUGHT CONDITIONS ACROSS THE 354 00:10:09,810 --> 00:10:10,442 OF DROUGHT CONDITIONS ACROSS THE STATE. 355 00:10:10,444 --> 00:10:11,610 STATE. THE LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY FOR 356 00:10:11,612 --> 00:10:12,344 THE LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY FOR EXAMPLE AND SOME WILDLIFE USES 357 00:10:12,346 --> 00:10:16,915 EXAMPLE AND SOME WILDLIFE USES HAVE SEEN IMPACTS. 358 00:10:16,917 --> 00:10:18,416 HAVE SEEN IMPACTS. FROM THESE DROUGHT CONDITIONS. 359 00:10:18,418 --> 00:10:21,386 FROM THESE DROUGHT CONDITIONS. AND WE'RE EXPERIENCING THOSE 360 00:10:21,388 --> 00:10:21,720 AND WE'RE EXPERIENCING THOSE TODAY. 361 00:10:21,722 --> 00:10:23,021 TODAY. >> IS POPULATION GROWTH 362 00:10:23,023 --> 00:10:24,389 >> IS POPULATION GROWTH OUTPACING WATER SUPPLY ONE OF 363 00:10:24,391 --> 00:10:26,758 OUTPACING WATER SUPPLY ONE OF THE STATE'S MOST PRESSING WATER 364 00:10:26,760 --> 00:10:27,158 THE STATE'S MOST PRESSING WATER CHALLENGES? 365 00:10:27,160 --> 00:10:28,927 CHALLENGES? >> IT'S NOT THE MOST PRESSING 366 00:10:28,929 --> 00:10:29,561 >> IT'S NOT THE MOST PRESSING WATER CHALLENGE. 367 00:10:29,563 --> 00:10:30,929 WATER CHALLENGE. BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE SEE 368 00:10:30,931 --> 00:10:31,529 BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE SEE ON THE HORIZON. 369 00:10:31,531 --> 00:10:32,263 ON THE HORIZON. IT'S REALLY WHAT THE VISION WAS 370 00:10:32,265 --> 00:10:32,564 IT'S REALLY WHAT THE VISION WAS ABOUT. 371 00:10:32,566 --> 00:10:38,169 ABOUT. WAS LOOKING AT GROWTH ASSOCIATED 372 00:10:38,171 --> 00:10:39,170 WAS LOOKING AT GROWTH ASSOCIATED WITH CONTINUED ECONOMIC GROWTH 373 00:10:39,172 --> 00:10:39,938 WITH CONTINUED ECONOMIC GROWTH OF THE STATE, THE SUPPLIES THAT 374 00:10:39,940 --> 00:10:40,672 OF THE STATE, THE SUPPLIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO MEET THAT AND 375 00:10:40,674 --> 00:10:43,108 ARE AVAILABLE TO MEET THAT AND WE DO SEE WHAT WE HAVE 376 00:10:43,110 --> 00:10:43,808 WE DO SEE WHAT WE HAVE CHARACTERIZED AS AN IMBALANCE 377 00:10:43,810 --> 00:10:45,410 CHARACTERIZED AS AN IMBALANCE BETWEEN THE AVAILABLE SUPPLIES 378 00:10:45,412 --> 00:10:52,017 BETWEEN THE AVAILABLE SUPPLIES AND DEMANDS AS WE LOOK INTO THE 379 00:10:52,019 --> 00:10:52,350 AND DEMANDS AS WE LOOK INTO THE FUTURE. 380 00:10:52,352 --> 00:10:52,984 FUTURE. >> YOU MENTIONED ECONOMIC 381 00:10:52,986 --> 00:10:53,318 >> YOU MENTIONED ECONOMIC GROWTH. 382 00:10:53,320 --> 00:10:54,052 GROWTH. DO YOU THINK THAT WATER SUPPLY 383 00:10:54,054 --> 00:10:57,722 DO YOU THINK THAT WATER SUPPLY COULD POTENTIALLY CONSTRAIN 384 00:10:57,724 --> 00:10:58,423 COULD POTENTIALLY CONSTRAIN ECONOMIC GROWTH GOING FORWARD? 385 00:10:58,425 --> 00:11:02,560 ECONOMIC GROWTH GOING FORWARD? >> IF WE DO NOTHING WE WILL -- 386 00:11:02,562 --> 00:11:05,463 >> IF WE DO NOTHING WE WILL -- THERE ARE LAWS AND RULES THAT WE 387 00:11:05,465 --> 00:11:06,097 THERE ARE LAWS AND RULES THAT WE MANAGE THAT WILL ACTUALLY 388 00:11:06,099 --> 00:11:06,598 MANAGE THAT WILL ACTUALLY CONSTRAIN GROWTH. 389 00:11:06,600 --> 00:11:11,936 CONSTRAIN GROWTH. THOSE CONSTRAINTS ARE ALREADY IN 390 00:11:11,938 --> 00:11:17,509 THOSE CONSTRAINTS ARE ALREADY IN PLACE WITHIN OUR ASSURED AND 391 00:11:17,511 --> 00:11:18,877 PLACE WITHIN OUR ASSURED AND ADEQUATE SUPPLY RULES. 392 00:11:18,879 --> 00:11:20,879 ADEQUATE SUPPLY RULES. OUR ABILITY TO CONTINUE TO GROW 393 00:11:20,881 --> 00:11:22,614 OUR ABILITY TO CONTINUE TO GROW WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SUPPLIES 394 00:11:22,616 --> 00:11:23,515 WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SUPPLIES BEING ACQUIRED. 395 00:11:23,517 --> 00:11:25,483 BEING ACQUIRED. >> WHAT DO YOU SEE AS THOSE 396 00:11:25,485 --> 00:11:26,618 >> WHAT DO YOU SEE AS THOSE ADDITIONAL SOURCES OF WATER? 397 00:11:26,620 --> 00:11:27,352 ADDITIONAL SOURCES OF WATER? >> ARIZONA HAS BEEN A LEADER IN 398 00:11:27,354 --> 00:11:28,019 >> ARIZONA HAS BEEN A LEADER IN WATER CONSERVATION EFFORTS. 399 00:11:28,021 --> 00:11:31,022 WATER CONSERVATION EFFORTS. AND WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT 400 00:11:31,024 --> 00:11:31,723 AND WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT THOSE EFFORTS CONTINUE AND BE 401 00:11:31,725 --> 00:11:33,725 THOSE EFFORTS CONTINUE AND BE INCREASED AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 402 00:11:33,727 --> 00:11:37,829 INCREASED AS WE MOVE FORWARD. WE'RE ALSO A LEADER IN THE REUSE 403 00:11:37,831 --> 00:11:39,330 WE'RE ALSO A LEADER IN THE REUSE OF RECLAIMED WATER. 404 00:11:39,332 --> 00:11:42,033 OF RECLAIMED WATER. AS WE LOOK AT THE IMBALANCES 405 00:11:42,035 --> 00:11:42,767 AS WE LOOK AT THE IMBALANCES THAT WE ARE PROJECTING WE THINK 406 00:11:42,769 --> 00:11:43,501 THAT WE ARE PROJECTING WE THINK WE CAN CUT THOSE IN HALF BY AN 407 00:11:43,503 --> 00:11:48,440 WE CAN CUT THOSE IN HALF BY AN AGGRESSIVE RECLAIMED WATER REUSE 408 00:11:48,442 --> 00:11:48,773 AGGRESSIVE RECLAIMED WATER REUSE PROGRAM. 409 00:11:48,775 --> 00:11:50,175 PROGRAM. BUT ULTIMATELY WE'RE LOOKING AT 410 00:11:50,177 --> 00:11:50,875 BUT ULTIMATELY WE'RE LOOKING AT NEEDING TO BRING IN SUPPLIES 411 00:11:50,877 --> 00:11:51,609 NEEDING TO BRING IN SUPPLIES FROM OUTSIDE THE STATE IN ORDER 412 00:11:51,611 --> 00:11:55,480 FROM OUTSIDE THE STATE IN ORDER TO CONTINUE -- CONTINUE TO MEET 413 00:11:55,482 --> 00:11:56,147 TO CONTINUE -- CONTINUE TO MEET OUR DEMANDS, OUR PROJECTED 414 00:11:56,149 --> 00:11:56,481 OUR DEMANDS, OUR PROJECTED DEMANDS. 415 00:11:56,483 --> 00:12:02,887 DEMANDS. AND WE'RE LOOKING AT SEA WATER 416 00:12:02,889 --> 00:12:05,857 AND WE'RE LOOKING AT SEA WATER DESALINATION AS WHAT WE THINK -- 417 00:12:05,859 --> 00:12:06,591 DESALINATION AS WHAT WE THINK -- SORT OF WHAT WE CHARACTERIZE AS 418 00:12:06,593 --> 00:12:07,959 SORT OF WHAT WE CHARACTERIZE AS THE NEXT BUCKET FOR ARIZONA. 419 00:12:07,961 --> 00:12:10,095 THE NEXT BUCKET FOR ARIZONA. >> DESALINATION IS OF COURSE 420 00:12:10,097 --> 00:12:10,595 >> DESALINATION IS OF COURSE VERY PRICEY. 421 00:12:10,597 --> 00:12:11,262 VERY PRICEY. WHERE DO YOU SEE THE FUNDS 422 00:12:11,264 --> 00:12:11,663 WHERE DO YOU SEE THE FUNDS COMING FROM? 423 00:12:11,665 --> 00:12:13,531 COMING FROM? >> IT IS GOING TO BE AN 424 00:12:13,533 --> 00:12:16,534 >> IT IS GOING TO BE AN EXPENSIVE SUPPLY, BUT AS YOU 425 00:12:16,536 --> 00:12:17,202 EXPENSIVE SUPPLY, BUT AS YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS IN THE 426 00:12:17,204 --> 00:12:19,738 LOOK AT THE NUMBERS IN THE GREATER SCHEME OF THINGS WE 427 00:12:19,740 --> 00:12:20,472 GREATER SCHEME OF THINGS WE SPEND MONEY ON, WE DON'T THINK 428 00:12:20,474 --> 00:12:28,046 SPEND MONEY ON, WE DON'T THINK IT'S AFFORDABLE AND WE THINK THE 429 00:12:28,048 --> 00:12:29,948 IT'S AFFORDABLE AND WE THINK THE GROWTH THAT WILL BE ASSOCIATED 430 00:12:29,950 --> 00:12:31,349 GROWTH THAT WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH IT AND THE PROSPERITY WILL 431 00:12:31,351 --> 00:12:32,851 WITH IT AND THE PROSPERITY WILL BE MORE THAN SUFFICIENT TO 432 00:12:32,853 --> 00:12:33,885 BE MORE THAN SUFFICIENT TO OVERCOME THOSE EXPENSES. 433 00:12:33,887 --> 00:12:36,087 OVERCOME THOSE EXPENSES. >> YOU MENTIONED CONSERVATION AS 434 00:12:36,089 --> 00:12:36,387 >> YOU MENTIONED CONSERVATION AS WELL. 435 00:12:36,389 --> 00:12:38,356 WELL. DO YOU EXPECT THE END USERS WILL 436 00:12:38,358 --> 00:12:40,024 DO YOU EXPECT THE END USERS WILL FEEL THE EFFECTS OF MORE 437 00:12:40,026 --> 00:12:43,328 FEEL THE EFFECTS OF MORE CONSERVATION MEASURES IN THE 438 00:12:43,330 --> 00:12:43,762 CONSERVATION MEASURES IN THE COMING YEARS? 439 00:12:43,764 --> 00:12:44,496 COMING YEARS? >> YEAH, THE STATE'S DEVELOPED 440 00:12:44,498 --> 00:12:45,230 >> YEAH, THE STATE'S DEVELOPED KIND OF A CONSERVATION ETHIC AND 441 00:12:45,232 --> 00:12:48,032 KIND OF A CONSERVATION ETHIC AND INCREASING THOSE EFFORTS WILL BE 442 00:12:48,034 --> 00:12:49,200 INCREASING THOSE EFFORTS WILL BE NECESSARY. 443 00:12:49,202 --> 00:12:52,437 NECESSARY. WE ALSO MAY SEE SHORT TERM 444 00:12:52,439 --> 00:12:57,242 WE ALSO MAY SEE SHORT TERM DROUGHT CONDITIONS RESULTING IN 445 00:12:57,244 --> 00:13:03,815 DROUGHT CONDITIONS RESULTING IN REDUCED WATER DELIVERIES 446 00:13:03,817 --> 00:13:05,850 REDUCED WATER DELIVERIES AND CONSERVATION LISTEN A BIG 447 00:13:05,852 --> 00:13:06,584 AND CONSERVATION LISTEN A BIG PART OF HOW WE RESPOND TO THOSE 448 00:13:06,586 --> 00:13:07,118 PART OF HOW WE RESPOND TO THOSE REDUCED DELIVERIES. 449 00:13:07,120 --> 00:13:15,660 REDUCED DELIVERIES. >> DO YOU THINK THAT A TOILET TO 450 00:13:15,662 --> 00:13:17,562 >> DO YOU THINK THAT A TOILET TO C.A.P. PROJECT IS INEVITABLE TO 451 00:13:17,564 --> 00:13:17,896 C.A.P. PROJECT IS INEVITABLE TO ARIZONA? 452 00:13:17,898 --> 00:13:19,597 ARIZONA? >> WE THINK REUSING EVERY DROP 453 00:13:19,599 --> 00:13:20,265 >> WE THINK REUSING EVERY DROP OF WATER IS AN ECONOMICALLY 454 00:13:20,267 --> 00:13:20,965 OF WATER IS AN ECONOMICALLY VIABLE THING FOR US TO DO AND 455 00:13:20,967 --> 00:13:22,600 VIABLE THING FOR US TO DO AND WILL ALLOW US TO REDUCE THE 456 00:13:22,602 --> 00:13:28,706 WILL ALLOW US TO REDUCE THE COSTS ON THE SEA WATER 457 00:13:28,708 --> 00:13:30,708 COSTS ON THE SEA WATER DESALINATION OPTION. 458 00:13:30,710 --> 00:13:33,678 DESALINATION OPTION. SO WE CAN IMPORT LESS WATER THAN 459 00:13:33,680 --> 00:13:34,112 SO WE CAN IMPORT LESS WATER THAN IS NECESSARY. 460 00:13:34,114 --> 00:13:38,383 IS NECESSARY. BUT WE ALSO HAVE DIRECT 461 00:13:38,385 --> 00:13:41,286 BUT WE ALSO HAVE DIRECT POTABLE -- WHICH IS A GENTLER 462 00:13:41,288 --> 00:13:42,620 POTABLE -- WHICH IS A GENTLER WAY TO SAY THAT THE TOILET TO 463 00:13:42,622 --> 00:13:43,955 WAY TO SAY THAT THE TOILET TO TAP ALTERNATIVE, WE HAVE PUT 464 00:13:43,957 --> 00:13:46,124 TAP ALTERNATIVE, WE HAVE PUT THAT ON THE TABLE AND WE ARE 465 00:13:46,126 --> 00:13:46,925 THAT ON THE TABLE AND WE ARE SUGGESTING TO WORK ON THAT. 466 00:13:46,927 --> 00:13:49,027 SUGGESTING TO WORK ON THAT. >> RECYCLED WATER IS OFTEN 467 00:13:49,029 --> 00:13:50,662 >> RECYCLED WATER IS OFTEN ACTUALLY CLEANER THAN WATER FROM 468 00:13:50,664 --> 00:13:51,095 ACTUALLY CLEANER THAN WATER FROM OTHER SOURCES. 469 00:13:51,097 --> 00:13:51,830 OTHER SOURCES. WHAT DO YOU THINK IT WILL TAKE 470 00:13:51,832 --> 00:13:55,900 WHAT DO YOU THINK IT WILL TAKE TO CONVINCE THE PUBLIC TO ACCEPT 471 00:13:55,902 --> 00:13:56,167 TO CONVINCE THE PUBLIC TO ACCEPT IT? 472 00:13:56,169 --> 00:13:57,302 IT? >> THE KEY IS GOING TO BE A 473 00:13:57,304 --> 00:14:01,172 >> THE KEY IS GOING TO BE A FOCUS ON THE QUALITY OF THE 474 00:14:01,174 --> 00:14:04,309 FOCUS ON THE QUALITY OF THE SUPPLY THAT'S BEING DELIVERED AS 475 00:14:04,311 --> 00:14:05,577 SUPPLY THAT'S BEING DELIVERED AS OPPOSED TO WHAT PATH IT TOOK TO 476 00:14:05,579 --> 00:14:06,377 OPPOSED TO WHAT PATH IT TOOK TO GET TO THE TAP. 477 00:14:06,379 --> 00:14:08,947 GET TO THE TAP. >> TO MANAGE THE DROUGHT, CITIES 478 00:14:08,949 --> 00:14:09,914 >> TO MANAGE THE DROUGHT, CITIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE HAVE 479 00:14:09,916 --> 00:14:11,349 THROUGHOUT THE STATE HAVE HARVESTING PROGRAMS FOR THEIR 480 00:14:11,351 --> 00:14:11,716 HARVESTING PROGRAMS FOR THEIR CUSTOMERS. 481 00:14:11,718 --> 00:14:15,854 CUSTOMERS. PROGRAMS THAT OFFER INSENTIVES. 482 00:14:15,856 --> 00:14:19,224 PROGRAMS THAT OFFER INSENTIVES. HERE IS ALEXANDRA SALAZAR. 483 00:14:19,226 --> 00:14:21,326 HERE IS ALEXANDRA SALAZAR. >> WELL, YOU CAN SEE I'M SMILING 484 00:14:21,328 --> 00:14:21,693 >> WELL, YOU CAN SEE I'M SMILING RIGHT NOW. 485 00:14:21,695 --> 00:14:22,193 RIGHT NOW. I LOVE TO GARDEN. 486 00:14:22,195 --> 00:14:26,664 I LOVE TO GARDEN. I GET A TREMENDOUS -- A 487 00:14:26,666 --> 00:14:31,636 I GET A TREMENDOUS -- A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF ENJOYMENT 488 00:14:31,638 --> 00:14:32,136 TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF ENJOYMENT OUT OF GARDENING. 489 00:14:32,138 --> 00:14:33,738 OUT OF GARDENING. >> SOME MIGHT SAY IT'S UNUSUAL 490 00:14:33,740 --> 00:14:35,206 >> SOME MIGHT SAY IT'S UNUSUAL BUT NOT THIS MAN. 491 00:14:35,208 --> 00:14:36,841 BUT NOT THIS MAN. HE'S BEEN HARVESTING RAINWATER 492 00:14:36,843 --> 00:14:37,742 HE'S BEEN HARVESTING RAINWATER FOR FIVE YEARS. 493 00:14:37,744 --> 00:14:40,511 FOR FIVE YEARS. >> THIS IS A 5,000 GALLON TANK. 494 00:14:40,513 --> 00:14:41,246 >> THIS IS A 5,000 GALLON TANK. IT'S ALMOST 12 FEET IN DIAMETER. 495 00:14:41,248 --> 00:14:46,851 IT'S ALMOST 12 FEET IN DIAMETER. SEVEN FEET TALL AND WE HAVE IN 496 00:14:46,853 --> 00:14:48,753 SEVEN FEET TALL AND WE HAVE IN OUR HOUSE ABOUT 3,500 SQUARE 497 00:14:48,755 --> 00:14:52,790 OUR HOUSE ABOUT 3,500 SQUARE FEET OF ROOF WHERE THAT -- WHERE 498 00:14:52,792 --> 00:14:54,092 FEET OF ROOF WHERE THAT -- WHERE I COULD CAPTURE THE WATER. 499 00:14:54,094 --> 00:14:54,826 I COULD CAPTURE THE WATER. AND WHAT THAT TRANSLATES IS FOR 500 00:14:54,828 --> 00:15:04,269 AND WHAT THAT TRANSLATES IS FOR EVERY INCH OF RAIN THAT WE HAVE, 501 00:15:04,271 --> 00:15:04,969 EVERY INCH OF RAIN THAT WE HAVE, I CAN PUT APPROXIMATELY 2,000 502 00:15:04,971 --> 00:15:09,807 I CAN PUT APPROXIMATELY 2,000 GALLONS INTO THE CISTERN TANK. 503 00:15:09,809 --> 00:15:12,911 GALLONS INTO THE CISTERN TANK. >> THE RETIRED ACCOUNTANT WANTS 504 00:15:12,913 --> 00:15:15,346 >> THE RETIRED ACCOUNTANT WANTS TO SEE TUCSONANS GET MORE 505 00:15:15,348 --> 00:15:16,948 TO SEE TUCSONANS GET MORE INVOLVED IN WATER CONSERVATION. 506 00:15:16,950 --> 00:15:18,816 INVOLVED IN WATER CONSERVATION. >> I TRULY BELIEVE IN WATER 507 00:15:18,818 --> 00:15:19,217 >> I TRULY BELIEVE IN WATER HARVESTING. 508 00:15:19,219 --> 00:15:19,951 HARVESTING. I THINK IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO 509 00:15:19,953 --> 00:15:20,218 I THINK IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO. 510 00:15:20,220 --> 00:15:20,952 DO. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE OUR STATE, 511 00:15:20,954 --> 00:15:26,024 I WOULD LIKE TO SEE OUR STATE, OUR COUNTIES, OUR GOVERNMENTS, 512 00:15:26,026 --> 00:15:26,724 OUR COUNTIES, OUR GOVERNMENTS, WHEREVER THEY ARE, TO DO MORE 513 00:15:26,726 --> 00:15:32,630 WHEREVER THEY ARE, TO DO MORE AND MORE -- CREATE MORE AND MORE 514 00:15:32,632 --> 00:15:34,399 AND MORE -- CREATE MORE AND MORE INCENTIVES AND TRY AND HAVE MORE 515 00:15:34,401 --> 00:15:36,234 INCENTIVES AND TRY AND HAVE MORE AND MORE PEOPLE HARVESTING 516 00:15:36,236 --> 00:15:36,534 AND MORE PEOPLE HARVESTING WATER. 517 00:15:36,536 --> 00:15:39,470 WATER. MUCH OF THE WATER GETS WASTED. 518 00:15:39,472 --> 00:15:40,171 MUCH OF THE WATER GETS WASTED. WE GET THE HEAVY RAINS AND IT 519 00:15:40,173 --> 00:15:40,538 WE GET THE HEAVY RAINS AND IT GOES DOWN. 520 00:15:40,540 --> 00:15:45,009 GOES DOWN. YES, A FARMER POSSIBLY DOWN 521 00:15:45,011 --> 00:15:53,484 YES, A FARMER POSSIBLY DOWN SANTA CRUZ RIVER MIGHT GET THE 522 00:15:53,486 --> 00:15:53,918 SANTA CRUZ RIVER MIGHT GET THE BENEFIT OF IT. 523 00:15:53,920 --> 00:15:54,585 BENEFIT OF IT. BUT A LOT BECOMES A RUNOFF. 524 00:15:54,587 --> 00:15:55,153 BUT A LOT BECOMES A RUNOFF. >> THIS IS THE PUBLIC 525 00:15:55,155 --> 00:15:55,887 >> THIS IS THE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER FOR TUCSON 526 00:15:55,889 --> 00:15:56,955 INFORMATION OFFICER FOR TUCSON WATER AND HE SAID TUCSON WON'T 527 00:15:56,957 --> 00:15:57,689 WATER AND HE SAID TUCSON WON'T HAVE A WATER SHORTAGE ANY TIME 528 00:15:57,691 --> 00:15:57,989 HAVE A WATER SHORTAGE ANY TIME SOON. 529 00:15:57,991 --> 00:16:00,959 SOON. >> YOU KNOW, TUCSON WATER HAS 530 00:16:00,961 --> 00:16:02,193 >> YOU KNOW, TUCSON WATER HAS DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB LOOKING 531 00:16:02,195 --> 00:16:02,627 DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB LOOKING TO THE FUTURE. 532 00:16:02,629 --> 00:16:05,563 TO THE FUTURE. AND SO WE FIND OURSELVES TODAY 533 00:16:05,565 --> 00:16:10,468 AND SO WE FIND OURSELVES TODAY IN 2014 REALLY BENEFITING FROM 534 00:16:10,470 --> 00:16:11,202 IN 2014 REALLY BENEFITING FROM THE PLANNING THAT STARTED 20 AND 535 00:16:11,204 --> 00:16:11,636 THE PLANNING THAT STARTED 20 AND 30 YEARS AGO. 536 00:16:11,638 --> 00:16:17,041 30 YEARS AGO. SO WE'VE DEVELOPED ADEQUATE 537 00:16:17,043 --> 00:16:17,742 SO WE'VE DEVELOPED ADEQUATE RENEWABLE WATER SUPPLIES WELL 538 00:16:17,744 --> 00:16:18,209 RENEWABLE WATER SUPPLIES WELL INTO THE FUTURE. 539 00:16:18,211 --> 00:16:21,412 INTO THE FUTURE. SO WE'RE USING OUR COLORADO 540 00:16:21,414 --> 00:16:22,180 SO WE'RE USING OUR COLORADO RIVER WATER. 541 00:16:22,182 --> 00:16:23,982 RIVER WATER. >> MOLINA SAYS MUCH OF ARIZONA 542 00:16:23,984 --> 00:16:26,250 >> MOLINA SAYS MUCH OF ARIZONA GETS ITS WATER FROM THE CENTRAL 543 00:16:26,252 --> 00:16:27,085 GETS ITS WATER FROM THE CENTRAL ARIZONA PROJECT. 544 00:16:27,087 --> 00:16:28,920 ARIZONA PROJECT. >> THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT 545 00:16:28,922 --> 00:16:32,657 >> THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT RESOURCE FOR US HERE, BECAUSE 546 00:16:32,659 --> 00:16:33,324 RESOURCE FOR US HERE, BECAUSE USING THE RENEWABLE SUPPLY 547 00:16:33,326 --> 00:16:35,526 USING THE RENEWABLE SUPPLY ALLOWS US TO NOT PUMP OUR NATIVE 548 00:16:35,528 --> 00:16:35,927 ALLOWS US TO NOT PUMP OUR NATIVE GROUNDWATER. 549 00:16:35,929 --> 00:16:36,594 GROUNDWATER. THE OTHER RENEWABLE SUPPLY 550 00:16:36,596 --> 00:16:38,396 THE OTHER RENEWABLE SUPPLY AVAILABLE IN TUCSON IS OUR 551 00:16:38,398 --> 00:16:39,063 AVAILABLE IN TUCSON IS OUR RECYCLED WATER OR RECLAIMED 552 00:16:39,065 --> 00:16:43,701 RECYCLED WATER OR RECLAIMED WATER THAT WE USE PRIMARILY FOR 553 00:16:43,703 --> 00:16:46,471 WATER THAT WE USE PRIMARILY FOR IRRIGATING PARKS, SCHOOLS, GOLF 554 00:16:46,473 --> 00:16:47,872 IRRIGATING PARKS, SCHOOLS, GOLF COURSES, PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAYS. 555 00:16:47,874 --> 00:16:50,008 COURSES, PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAYS. >> WATER EXPERTS SAY THE GRAND 556 00:16:50,010 --> 00:16:51,042 >> WATER EXPERTS SAY THE GRAND CANYON STATE IS IN GOOD SHAPE 557 00:16:51,044 --> 00:16:53,344 CANYON STATE IS IN GOOD SHAPE WHEN IT COMES TO WATER SUPPLY. 558 00:16:53,346 --> 00:16:54,245 WHEN IT COMES TO WATER SUPPLY. BUT PEOPLE SHOULD ALWAYS TRY TO 559 00:16:54,247 --> 00:16:54,612 BUT PEOPLE SHOULD ALWAYS TRY TO CONSERVE. 560 00:16:54,614 --> 00:16:58,916 CONSERVE. >> DROUGHT WILL NOT AFFECT 561 00:16:58,918 --> 00:17:00,985 >> DROUGHT WILL NOT AFFECT CUSTOMERS HERE AT TUCSON WATER 562 00:17:00,987 --> 00:17:02,053 CUSTOMERS HERE AT TUCSON WATER LIKE IT MIGHT IN OTHER 563 00:17:02,055 --> 00:17:03,154 LIKE IT MIGHT IN OTHER COMMUNITIES OR LIKE WE'RE SEEING 564 00:17:03,156 --> 00:17:03,721 COMMUNITIES OR LIKE WE'RE SEEING IN CALIFORNIA. 565 00:17:03,723 --> 00:17:04,455 IN CALIFORNIA. ONCE A SHORTAGE IS DECLARED ON 566 00:17:04,457 --> 00:17:05,189 ONCE A SHORTAGE IS DECLARED ON THE COLORADO RIVER, THAT MEANS 567 00:17:05,191 --> 00:17:08,092 THE COLORADO RIVER, THAT MEANS THAT WATER LEVELS HAVE DROPPED 568 00:17:08,094 --> 00:17:11,963 THAT WATER LEVELS HAVE DROPPED IN THE LAKES TO A POINT WHERE 569 00:17:11,965 --> 00:17:13,631 IN THE LAKES TO A POINT WHERE CERTAIN PROVISIONS HAVE TO KICK 570 00:17:13,633 --> 00:17:13,898 CERTAIN PROVISIONS HAVE TO KICK IN. 571 00:17:13,900 --> 00:17:14,599 IN. THAT RESULTS IN A SHORTAGE OF 572 00:17:14,601 --> 00:17:18,970 THAT RESULTS IN A SHORTAGE OF WATER DELIVERIES TO ARIZONA. 573 00:17:18,972 --> 00:17:19,604 WATER DELIVERIES TO ARIZONA. INTERNALLY WITHIN ARIZONA 574 00:17:19,606 --> 00:17:20,338 INTERNALLY WITHIN ARIZONA THERE'S A PROCESS SET IN PLACE 575 00:17:20,340 --> 00:17:24,575 THERE'S A PROCESS SET IN PLACE THAT PRIORITIZES WHO GETS THOSE 576 00:17:24,577 --> 00:17:25,510 THAT PRIORITIZES WHO GETS THOSE REDUCTIONS IN WATER USE AND WHEN 577 00:17:25,512 --> 00:17:25,977 REDUCTIONS IN WATER USE AND WHEN THEY GET THEM. 578 00:17:25,979 --> 00:17:26,711 THEY GET THEM. >> FOR NOW, THERE ARE NO MAJOR 579 00:17:26,713 --> 00:17:29,514 >> FOR NOW, THERE ARE NO MAJOR CONCERNS. 580 00:17:29,516 --> 00:17:31,015 CONCERNS. >> FORTUNATELY, MUNICIPALITIES, 581 00:17:31,017 --> 00:17:33,084 >> FORTUNATELY, MUNICIPALITIES, THE CITIES, THE URBAN AREAS, 582 00:17:33,086 --> 00:17:35,219 THE CITIES, THE URBAN AREAS, HAVE THE HIGHEST PRIORITY WATER. 583 00:17:35,221 --> 00:17:39,190 HAVE THE HIGHEST PRIORITY WATER. SO THEY WILL BE THE LAST ONES TO 584 00:17:39,192 --> 00:17:41,059 SO THEY WILL BE THE LAST ONES TO RECEIVE ANY CUTBACKS OFF OF THE 585 00:17:41,061 --> 00:17:42,093 RECEIVE ANY CUTBACKS OFF OF THE C.A.P. SYSTEM. 586 00:17:42,095 --> 00:17:43,795 C.A.P. SYSTEM. TODAY, BECAUSE THIS IS ALL NEW, 587 00:17:43,797 --> 00:17:46,631 TODAY, BECAUSE THIS IS ALL NEW, WE HAVE NEVER GONE THROUGH THE 588 00:17:46,633 --> 00:17:46,964 WE HAVE NEVER GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS. 589 00:17:46,966 --> 00:17:47,999 PROCESS. WE ANTICIPATE IT COULD BE 10 TO 590 00:17:48,001 --> 00:17:50,068 WE ANTICIPATE IT COULD BE 10 TO 20 YEARS FROM THE DATE THAT THE 591 00:17:50,070 --> 00:17:53,337 20 YEARS FROM THE DATE THAT THE SHORTAGE IS ON THE COLORADO RIFF 592 00:17:53,339 --> 00:17:56,240 SHORTAGE IS ON THE COLORADO RIFF TORE THE POINT WHERE THE IMPACT 593 00:17:56,242 --> 00:17:57,809 TORE THE POINT WHERE THE IMPACT MIGHT HIT THE MUNICIPALITIES. 594 00:17:57,811 --> 00:17:59,977 MIGHT HIT THE MUNICIPALITIES. >> AND TUCSON OFFERS REBATES TO 595 00:17:59,979 --> 00:18:01,312 >> AND TUCSON OFFERS REBATES TO THOSE WHO CONSERVE WATER. 596 00:18:01,314 --> 00:18:01,979 THOSE WHO CONSERVE WATER. >> BY AND LARGE, THE REBATE 597 00:18:01,981 --> 00:18:05,817 >> BY AND LARGE, THE REBATE PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL. 598 00:18:05,819 --> 00:18:07,952 PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL. WE STILL HAVE HIGH ATTENDANCE AT 599 00:18:07,954 --> 00:18:09,053 WE STILL HAVE HIGH ATTENDANCE AT ALL OF OUR WORKSHOPS THAT WE 600 00:18:09,055 --> 00:18:09,554 ALL OF OUR WORKSHOPS THAT WE OFFER FOR PEOPLE. 601 00:18:09,556 --> 00:18:14,292 OFFER FOR PEOPLE. OUR REBATE PROGRAMS ARE DOING 602 00:18:14,294 --> 00:18:14,692 OUR REBATE PROGRAMS ARE DOING REALLY WELL. 603 00:18:14,694 --> 00:18:15,359 REALLY WELL. I MEAN, EVERYTHING FROM THE 604 00:18:15,361 --> 00:18:17,595 I MEAN, EVERYTHING FROM THE TOILET REBATE PROGRAMS TO 605 00:18:17,597 --> 00:18:18,296 TOILET REBATE PROGRAMS TO RAINWATER HARVESTING HAS BEEN 606 00:18:18,298 --> 00:18:19,797 RAINWATER HARVESTING HAS BEEN ALSO VERY SUCCESSFUL. 607 00:18:19,799 --> 00:18:23,868 ALSO VERY SUCCESSFUL. >> AN IDEAL SYSTEM FOR PEOPLE 608 00:18:23,870 --> 00:18:25,269 >> AN IDEAL SYSTEM FOR PEOPLE SUCH AS CAM WHO SAYS EVERY TIME 609 00:18:25,271 --> 00:18:25,937 SUCH AS CAM WHO SAYS EVERY TIME IT RAINS, ALL THIS MAKES IT 610 00:18:25,939 --> 00:18:28,206 IT RAINS, ALL THIS MAKES IT WORTHWHILE. 611 00:18:28,208 --> 00:18:28,906 WORTHWHILE. >> LAST SATURDAY NIGHT WE HAD 612 00:18:28,908 --> 00:18:33,911 >> LAST SATURDAY NIGHT WE HAD RAIN DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY. 613 00:18:33,913 --> 00:18:36,848 RAIN DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY. MY WIFE AND I WERE OUT, BUT WHEN 614 00:18:36,850 --> 00:18:40,284 MY WIFE AND I WERE OUT, BUT WHEN I CAME BACK IN AND I HAD ALREADY 615 00:18:40,286 --> 00:18:43,254 I CAME BACK IN AND I HAD ALREADY PICKED UP 20 HUNDREDTHS OF AN 616 00:18:43,256 --> 00:18:43,988 PICKED UP 20 HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH AT THAT POINT AND THEN IT 617 00:18:43,990 --> 00:18:44,388 INCH AT THAT POINT AND THEN IT WOKE ME UP. 618 00:18:44,390 --> 00:18:45,690 WOKE ME UP. I WILL TELL YOU THAT THAT 619 00:18:45,692 --> 00:18:46,958 I WILL TELL YOU THAT THAT HAPPENS ON OCCASION. 620 00:18:46,960 --> 00:18:48,593 HAPPENS ON OCCASION. PARTICULARLY IN THE MONSOON 621 00:18:48,595 --> 00:18:48,960 PARTICULARLY IN THE MONSOON OCCASION. 622 00:18:48,962 --> 00:18:49,660 OCCASION. I WILL HEAR THE WATER ROLLING 623 00:18:49,662 --> 00:18:50,394 I WILL HEAR THE WATER ROLLING THROUGH THE GUTTERS AND ROLLING 624 00:18:50,396 --> 00:18:53,731 THROUGH THE GUTTERS AND ROLLING IN AND YES, THERE IS A -- 625 00:18:53,733 --> 00:18:54,365 IN AND YES, THERE IS A -- THERE'S THAT LITTLE HAPPY 626 00:18:54,367 --> 00:18:58,302 THERE'S THAT LITTLE HAPPY FEELING THAT I'M CAPTURING WATER 627 00:18:58,304 --> 00:18:59,637 FEELING THAT I'M CAPTURING WATER AND MY GARDEN IS GOING TO LOVE 628 00:18:59,639 --> 00:18:59,904 AND MY GARDEN IS GOING TO LOVE IT. 629 00:18:59,906 --> 00:19:00,638 IT. >> THE RESULT IS A DESERT GARDEN 630 00:19:00,640 --> 00:19:04,475 >> THE RESULT IS A DESERT GARDEN IN BLOOM. 631 00:19:04,477 --> 00:19:05,209 IN BLOOM. FOR "ARIZONA WEEK" I'M ALEXANDRA 632 00:19:05,211 --> 00:19:08,880 FOR "ARIZONA WEEK" I'M ALEXANDRA SALAZAR. 633 00:19:08,882 --> 00:19:10,681 SALAZAR. >>> JUST THIS WEEK, CITY LEADERS 634 00:19:10,683 --> 00:19:12,116 >>> JUST THIS WEEK, CITY LEADERS IN THE NORTHERN ARIZONA 635 00:19:12,118 --> 00:19:13,751 IN THE NORTHERN ARIZONA COMMUNITY OF WILLIAMS ISSUED A 636 00:19:13,753 --> 00:19:15,520 COMMUNITY OF WILLIAMS ISSUED A LEVEL 4 WATER CRISIS. 637 00:19:15,522 --> 00:19:19,924 LEVEL 4 WATER CRISIS. AND ASKED RESIDENTS TO CONSERVE. 638 00:19:19,926 --> 00:19:21,893 AND ASKED RESIDENTS TO CONSERVE. DESPITE THIS EARLY SEASON 639 00:19:21,895 --> 00:19:23,661 DESPITE THIS EARLY SEASON WARNING, THEY SAY THE STATE IS 640 00:19:23,663 --> 00:19:25,496 WARNING, THEY SAY THE STATE IS NOT IN IMMEDIATE DANGER BUT 641 00:19:25,498 --> 00:19:27,665 NOT IN IMMEDIATE DANGER BUT THERE MAY BE CONCERN FOR THE 642 00:19:27,667 --> 00:19:27,999 THERE MAY BE CONCERN FOR THE FUTURE. 643 00:19:28,001 --> 00:19:29,000 FUTURE. SHARON MEGDAL, THE DIRECTOR OF 644 00:19:29,002 --> 00:19:29,734 SHARON MEGDAL, THE DIRECTOR OF THE WATER RESEARCH CENTER, THANK 645 00:19:29,736 --> 00:19:33,204 THE WATER RESEARCH CENTER, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 646 00:19:33,206 --> 00:19:35,273 YOU FOR BEING HERE. LET'S TALK ABOUT ARIZONA'S WATER 647 00:19:35,275 --> 00:19:35,640 LET'S TALK ABOUT ARIZONA'S WATER SITUATION. 648 00:19:35,642 --> 00:19:36,374 SITUATION. WHERE DOES ARIZONA GET ITS WATER 649 00:19:36,376 --> 00:19:36,674 WHERE DOES ARIZONA GET ITS WATER FROM? 650 00:19:36,676 --> 00:19:38,075 FROM? >> ARIZONA GETS ITS WATER FROM A 651 00:19:38,077 --> 00:19:42,647 >> ARIZONA GETS ITS WATER FROM A FEW DIFFERENT SOURCES. 652 00:19:42,649 --> 00:19:44,282 FEW DIFFERENT SOURCES. GROUNDWATER IS A VERY IMPORTANT 653 00:19:44,284 --> 00:19:45,750 GROUNDWATER IS A VERY IMPORTANT SOURCE TO ARIZONA. 654 00:19:45,752 --> 00:19:49,854 SOURCE TO ARIZONA. THE COLORADO RIVER WATER FLOWS 655 00:19:49,856 --> 00:19:50,555 THE COLORADO RIVER WATER FLOWS ALONG THE WESTERN BOUNDARY OF 656 00:19:50,557 --> 00:19:53,491 ALONG THE WESTERN BOUNDARY OF THE STATE AND THROUGH THE 657 00:19:53,493 --> 00:19:55,159 THE STATE AND THROUGH THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE AND 658 00:19:55,161 --> 00:19:55,793 CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE AND THEN ALSO THROUGH REUSE. 659 00:19:55,795 --> 00:19:59,630 THEN ALSO THROUGH REUSE. >> THERE ARE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT 660 00:19:59,632 --> 00:20:02,533 >> THERE ARE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE LACK OF RAIN IN ARIZONA. 661 00:20:02,535 --> 00:20:07,138 THE LACK OF RAIN IN ARIZONA. CAN YOU DESCRIBE HOW CLIMATE 662 00:20:07,140 --> 00:20:07,872 CAN YOU DESCRIBE HOW CLIMATE ACTUALLY PLAYS A FACTOR WHEN IT 663 00:20:07,874 --> 00:20:09,540 ACTUALLY PLAYS A FACTOR WHEN IT COMES TO THE WATER IN ARIZONA? 664 00:20:09,542 --> 00:20:10,708 COMES TO THE WATER IN ARIZONA? >> WHEN WE THINK ABOUT CLIMATE 665 00:20:10,710 --> 00:20:13,311 >> WHEN WE THINK ABOUT CLIMATE AND WATER IN ARIZONA, WE HAVE TO 666 00:20:13,313 --> 00:20:14,879 AND WATER IN ARIZONA, WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IT, LIKE ANYTHING 667 00:20:14,881 --> 00:20:17,281 THINK ABOUT IT, LIKE ANYTHING WATER RELATED ON MULTIPLE 668 00:20:17,283 --> 00:20:17,682 WATER RELATED ON MULTIPLE DIMENSIONS. 669 00:20:17,684 --> 00:20:21,118 DIMENSIONS. ABOUT 40% OF THE WATER USE IN 670 00:20:21,120 --> 00:20:21,852 ABOUT 40% OF THE WATER USE IN ARIZONA NOW IS COMING FROM THE 671 00:20:21,854 --> 00:20:22,320 ARIZONA NOW IS COMING FROM THE COLORADO RIVER. 672 00:20:22,322 --> 00:20:22,987 COLORADO RIVER. AND THAT WATER FLOW REALLY 673 00:20:22,989 --> 00:20:26,457 AND THAT WATER FLOW REALLY DEPENDS UPON THE SNOW PACK AND 674 00:20:26,459 --> 00:20:27,191 DEPENDS UPON THE SNOW PACK AND THE MELT UP IN NORTHERN PART OF 675 00:20:27,193 --> 00:20:30,595 THE MELT UP IN NORTHERN PART OF THE COLORADO RIVER BASIN. 676 00:20:30,597 --> 00:20:31,262 THE COLORADO RIVER BASIN. SO THAT WATER AVAILABILITY 677 00:20:31,264 --> 00:20:31,996 SO THAT WATER AVAILABILITY DEPENDS UPON WEATHER CONDITIONS 678 00:20:31,998 --> 00:20:34,999 DEPENDS UPON WEATHER CONDITIONS ELSEWHERE. 679 00:20:35,001 --> 00:20:36,400 ELSEWHERE. THEN WE HAVE OUR MORE LOCAL 680 00:20:36,402 --> 00:20:37,535 THEN WE HAVE OUR MORE LOCAL CONDITIONS WHERE WE MAY RELY ON 681 00:20:37,537 --> 00:20:41,772 CONDITIONS WHERE WE MAY RELY ON OUR OWN RAINFALL, THE RAINFALL 682 00:20:41,774 --> 00:20:44,942 OUR OWN RAINFALL, THE RAINFALL RECHARGES AQUIFERS. 683 00:20:44,944 --> 00:20:45,776 RECHARGES AQUIFERS. THAT IS VERY LOCAL. 684 00:20:45,778 --> 00:20:47,311 THAT IS VERY LOCAL. SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE WEATHER 685 00:20:47,313 --> 00:20:48,746 SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE WEATHER CHANGES AND THE CHANGES IN THE 686 00:20:48,748 --> 00:20:50,281 CHANGES AND THE CHANGES IN THE CLIMATE AND THIS LONG TERM 687 00:20:50,283 --> 00:20:51,816 CLIMATE AND THIS LONG TERM DROUGHT, WE HAVE TO REMEMBER NOT 688 00:20:51,818 --> 00:20:59,824 DROUGHT, WE HAVE TO REMEMBER NOT TO LOOK ONLY AT TUCSON. 689 00:20:59,826 --> 00:21:00,558 TO LOOK ONLY AT TUCSON. BUT LOOK AT THE BROADER REGION, 690 00:21:00,560 --> 00:21:01,292 BUT LOOK AT THE BROADER REGION, BECAUSE WE ARE DEPENDENT ON THE 691 00:21:01,294 --> 00:21:01,993 BECAUSE WE ARE DEPENDENT ON THE SNOW THAT FALLS IN COLORADO. 692 00:21:01,995 --> 00:21:02,727 SNOW THAT FALLS IN COLORADO. >> YOU SAY ARIZONA IS NOT IN THE 693 00:21:02,729 --> 00:21:03,361 >> YOU SAY ARIZONA IS NOT IN THE WATER CRISIS, BUT AS THE 694 00:21:03,363 --> 00:21:06,497 WATER CRISIS, BUT AS THE POPULATION CONTINUES TO 695 00:21:06,499 --> 00:21:07,131 POPULATION CONTINUES TO INCREASE, CITIES GROW AND 696 00:21:07,133 --> 00:21:09,867 INCREASE, CITIES GROW AND EXPAND, WE MAY GET TO THAT POINT 697 00:21:09,869 --> 00:21:10,601 EXPAND, WE MAY GET TO THAT POINT WHERE WE NEED TO BE MORE AWARE 698 00:21:10,603 --> 00:21:11,469 WHERE WE NEED TO BE MORE AWARE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING. 699 00:21:11,471 --> 00:21:12,403 OF WHAT'S HAPPENING. WHAT ARE SOME WAYS THAT THE 700 00:21:12,405 --> 00:21:13,671 WHAT ARE SOME WAYS THAT THE AVERAGE PERSON CAN DO THAT? 701 00:21:13,673 --> 00:21:17,475 AVERAGE PERSON CAN DO THAT? YOU MENTIONED WATCHING YOUR 702 00:21:17,477 --> 00:21:18,175 YOU MENTIONED WATCHING YOUR WATER USE, BUT WHAT DO PEOPLE 703 00:21:18,177 --> 00:21:19,076 WATER USE, BUT WHAT DO PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW MOVING FORWARD? 704 00:21:19,078 --> 00:21:19,710 NEED TO KNOW MOVING FORWARD? >> I THINK MAYBE THE MOST 705 00:21:19,712 --> 00:21:20,444 >> I THINK MAYBE THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR THE PUBLIC 706 00:21:20,446 --> 00:21:24,548 IMPORTANT THING FOR THE PUBLIC WOULD BE TO NOT TAKE WATER FOR 707 00:21:24,550 --> 00:21:25,483 WOULD BE TO NOT TAKE WATER FOR GRANTED. 708 00:21:25,485 --> 00:21:26,751 GRANTED. YES, IT'S EXPECTED, IT'S 709 00:21:26,753 --> 00:21:27,485 YES, IT'S EXPECTED, IT'S EXPECTED TO BE CLEAN, RELIABLE 710 00:21:27,487 --> 00:21:28,085 EXPECTED TO BE CLEAN, RELIABLE AND COME OUT OF THE TAP. 711 00:21:28,087 --> 00:21:31,555 AND COME OUT OF THE TAP. BUT START THINKING ABOUT WHERE 712 00:21:31,557 --> 00:21:32,290 BUT START THINKING ABOUT WHERE DOES MY WATER COME FROM AND ALL 713 00:21:32,292 --> 00:21:37,461 DOES MY WATER COME FROM AND ALL THAT GOES INTO IT. 714 00:21:37,463 --> 00:21:38,863 THAT GOES INTO IT. SO THAT WE -- WE DON'T GET INTO 715 00:21:38,865 --> 00:21:41,666 SO THAT WE -- WE DON'T GET INTO THE CRISIS AND THEN WE ALSO 716 00:21:41,668 --> 00:21:43,000 THE CRISIS AND THEN WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT IN CERTAIN CASES 717 00:21:43,002 --> 00:21:46,170 UNDERSTAND THAT IN CERTAIN CASES WE ARE DEPLETING AQUIFERS. 718 00:21:46,172 --> 00:21:47,438 WE ARE DEPLETING AQUIFERS. WE HAVE WATER UNDERGROUND. 719 00:21:47,440 --> 00:21:48,172 WE HAVE WATER UNDERGROUND. IT'S BEEN PUT THERE BY SYSTEMS 720 00:21:48,174 --> 00:21:48,739 IT'S BEEN PUT THERE BY SYSTEMS OVER MANY, MANY YEARS. 721 00:21:48,741 --> 00:21:52,209 OVER MANY, MANY YEARS. AND WE'RE USING IT AND NATURE IS 722 00:21:52,211 --> 00:21:52,877 AND WE'RE USING IT AND NATURE IS NOT GOING TO REPLACE IT SO 723 00:21:52,879 --> 00:21:53,210 NOT GOING TO REPLACE IT SO QUICKLY. 724 00:21:53,212 --> 00:21:56,147 QUICKLY. SO I THINK PEOPLE SHOULD THINK 725 00:21:56,149 --> 00:21:57,448 SO I THINK PEOPLE SHOULD THINK MAYBE WHERE'S MY WATER COMING 726 00:21:57,450 --> 00:21:58,816 MAYBE WHERE'S MY WATER COMING FROM AND IF THEY THINK ABOUT 727 00:21:58,818 --> 00:21:59,550 FROM AND IF THEY THINK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT, MAYBE THEY'LL 728 00:21:59,552 --> 00:22:04,722 THAT A LITTLE BIT, MAYBE THEY'LL STOP AND THINK THAT I CAN USE A 729 00:22:04,724 --> 00:22:07,291 STOP AND THINK THAT I CAN USE A LITTLE LESS, I NEED TO BE MORE 730 00:22:07,293 --> 00:22:07,658 LITTLE LESS, I NEED TO BE MORE CAREFUL. 731 00:22:07,660 --> 00:22:09,193 CAREFUL. >> IS THERE A TIME LINE OF WHEN 732 00:22:09,195 --> 00:22:10,528 >> IS THERE A TIME LINE OF WHEN WE THINK WE'LL GET TO THAT POINT 733 00:22:10,530 --> 00:22:14,065 WE THINK WE'LL GET TO THAT POINT WHERE IT'S ALMOST CRISIS MODE OR 734 00:22:14,067 --> 00:22:14,799 WHERE IT'S ALMOST CRISIS MODE OR OH, WE REALLY DO NEED TO WATCH 735 00:22:14,801 --> 00:22:15,533 OH, WE REALLY DO NEED TO WATCH BECAUSE OUR SUSTAINABILITY IS A 736 00:22:15,535 --> 00:22:15,866 BECAUSE OUR SUSTAINABILITY IS A PROBLEM? 737 00:22:15,868 --> 00:22:22,373 PROBLEM? >> I SEE IT -- I THINK MANY SEE 738 00:22:22,375 --> 00:22:23,474 >> I SEE IT -- I THINK MANY SEE IT AS THE JOB OF THE WATER 739 00:22:23,476 --> 00:22:24,075 IT AS THE JOB OF THE WATER MANAGERS AND THE OTHER 740 00:22:24,077 --> 00:22:24,742 MANAGERS AND THE OTHER DECISIONMAKERS IN OUR STATE. 741 00:22:24,744 --> 00:22:28,379 DECISIONMAKERS IN OUR STATE. TO AVOID OUR GETTING TO A CRISIS 742 00:22:28,381 --> 00:22:35,386 TO AVOID OUR GETTING TO A CRISIS SITUATION. 743 00:22:35,388 --> 00:22:37,421 SITUATION. AND SO THAT'S WHY I THINK THE 744 00:22:37,423 --> 00:22:38,155 AND SO THAT'S WHY I THINK THE WATER MANAGERS AND PEOPLE LIKE 745 00:22:38,157 --> 00:22:38,889 WATER MANAGERS AND PEOPLE LIKE ME AND OTHERS THAT ARE WORKING 746 00:22:38,891 --> 00:22:41,625 ME AND OTHERS THAT ARE WORKING ON THESE ISSUES, WE WANT TO GET 747 00:22:41,627 --> 00:22:46,230 ON THESE ISSUES, WE WANT TO GET THE PUBLIC EXCITED ABOUT IT NOW 748 00:22:46,232 --> 00:22:46,964 THE PUBLIC EXCITED ABOUT IT NOW SO THAT WE'RE NOT IN THAT CRISIS 749 00:22:46,966 --> 00:22:47,264 SO THAT WE'RE NOT IN THAT CRISIS STAGE. 750 00:22:47,266 --> 00:22:49,700 STAGE. BUT PEOPLE READ THE PAPER. 751 00:22:49,702 --> 00:22:55,840 BUT PEOPLE READ THE PAPER. THEY KNOW THAT A SHORTAGE COULD 752 00:22:55,842 --> 00:22:57,975 THEY KNOW THAT A SHORTAGE COULD BE DECLARED ON THE COLORADO 753 00:22:57,977 --> 00:22:59,243 BE DECLARED ON THE COLORADO RIVER AS SOON AS TWO OR THREE 754 00:22:59,245 --> 00:23:00,711 RIVER AS SOON AS TWO OR THREE YEARS FROM NOW. 755 00:23:00,713 --> 00:23:04,215 YEARS FROM NOW. THAT SHORTAGE DECLARATION IS 756 00:23:04,217 --> 00:23:05,082 THAT SHORTAGE DECLARATION IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT CITIES. 757 00:23:05,084 --> 00:23:06,450 EXPECTED TO AFFECT CITIES. IT WILL AFFECT FARMERS AND SOME 758 00:23:06,452 --> 00:23:09,820 IT WILL AFFECT FARMERS AND SOME OTHER USERS BUT IT WON'T AFFECT 759 00:23:09,822 --> 00:23:10,154 OTHER USERS BUT IT WON'T AFFECT CITIES. 760 00:23:10,156 --> 00:23:11,589 CITIES. BUT IF THINGS STAY THE WAY THEY 761 00:23:11,591 --> 00:23:13,824 BUT IF THINGS STAY THE WAY THEY ARE IN THE COLORADO RIVER FOR 762 00:23:13,826 --> 00:23:14,592 ARE IN THE COLORADO RIVER FOR YEARS AND YEARS, WE'RE IN A 763 00:23:14,594 --> 00:23:15,326 YEARS AND YEARS, WE'RE IN A DROUGHT THAT'S 14 YEARS OLD NOW, 764 00:23:15,328 --> 00:23:19,330 DROUGHT THAT'S 14 YEARS OLD NOW, WE DON'T KNOW WHEN WE WILL COME 765 00:23:19,332 --> 00:23:20,297 WE DON'T KNOW WHEN WE WILL COME OUT OF IT. 766 00:23:20,299 --> 00:23:24,301 OUT OF IT. WE KNOW HOW LITTLE PRECIPITATION 767 00:23:24,303 --> 00:23:25,536 WE KNOW HOW LITTLE PRECIPITATION WE'VE GOTTEN THIS YEAR HERE 768 00:23:25,538 --> 00:23:26,170 WE'VE GOTTEN THIS YEAR HERE ALTHOUGH THE MOUNTAINS IN 769 00:23:26,172 --> 00:23:26,904 ALTHOUGH THE MOUNTAINS IN COLORADO ARE DOING PRETTY WELL. 770 00:23:26,906 --> 00:23:30,808 COLORADO ARE DOING PRETTY WELL. SO WE DON'T KNOW IF THE COLORADO 771 00:23:30,810 --> 00:23:31,542 SO WE DON'T KNOW IF THE COLORADO RIVER COULD GET EVEN IN A WORSE 772 00:23:31,544 --> 00:23:32,276 RIVER COULD GET EVEN IN A WORSE SITUATION. 773 00:23:32,278 --> 00:23:34,779 SITUATION. SO I THINK THAT WE ALL HAVE TO 774 00:23:34,781 --> 00:23:39,683 SO I THINK THAT WE ALL HAVE TO BE EDUCATED ABOUT IT. 775 00:23:39,685 --> 00:23:40,418 BE EDUCATED ABOUT IT. I THINK OUR WATER MANAGERS HAVE 776 00:23:40,420 --> 00:23:46,223 I THINK OUR WATER MANAGERS HAVE TO BE LET'S SAY -- THEY'RE 777 00:23:46,225 --> 00:23:47,625 TO BE LET'S SAY -- THEY'RE ALWAYS -- I THINK OUR WATER 778 00:23:47,627 --> 00:23:48,426 ALWAYS -- I THINK OUR WATER MANAGERS HAVE TO BE UP FRONT 779 00:23:48,428 --> 00:23:51,529 MANAGERS HAVE TO BE UP FRONT WITH IF PUBLIC AND THERE'S JUST 780 00:23:51,531 --> 00:23:52,396 WITH IF PUBLIC AND THERE'S JUST A BALANCING ACT. 781 00:23:52,398 --> 00:23:53,397 A BALANCING ACT. WE DON'T HAVE A CRISIS. 782 00:23:53,399 --> 00:23:55,132 WE DON'T HAVE A CRISIS. WE DON'T WANT TO GET YOU SCARED. 783 00:23:55,134 --> 00:23:56,300 WE DON'T WANT TO GET YOU SCARED. WE DON'T WANT TO SCARE OFF 784 00:23:56,302 --> 00:23:57,034 WE DON'T WANT TO SCARE OFF DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE WE DO GREAT 785 00:23:57,036 --> 00:23:57,668 DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE WE DO GREAT PLANNING FOR OUR ECONOMIC 786 00:23:57,670 --> 00:23:59,904 PLANNING FOR OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 787 00:23:59,906 --> 00:24:01,105 DEVELOPMENT. BUT WE DO HAVE TO PLAN FOR THE 788 00:24:01,107 --> 00:24:01,439 BUT WE DO HAVE TO PLAN FOR THE FUTURE. 789 00:24:01,441 --> 00:24:05,943 FUTURE. SO IT'S THIS BALANCING ACT OF 790 00:24:05,945 --> 00:24:07,378 SO IT'S THIS BALANCING ACT OF GETTING PEOPLE EXCITED INTO 791 00:24:07,380 --> 00:24:08,879 GETTING PEOPLE EXCITED INTO ACTION FOR FUTURE WITHOUT 792 00:24:08,881 --> 00:24:09,747 ACTION FOR FUTURE WITHOUT GETTING THEM ALARMED. 793 00:24:09,749 --> 00:24:10,448 GETTING THEM ALARMED. >> OKAY. 794 00:24:10,450 --> 00:24:11,782 >> OKAY. WE LIVE IN THE DESERT. 795 00:24:11,784 --> 00:24:13,617 WE LIVE IN THE DESERT. WE HAVE A HEALTHY WATER 796 00:24:13,619 --> 00:24:14,084 WE HAVE A HEALTHY WATER SITUATION THEN? 797 00:24:14,086 --> 00:24:15,853 SITUATION THEN? >> RIGHT NOW, WE DO HAVE A 798 00:24:15,855 --> 00:24:16,454 >> RIGHT NOW, WE DO HAVE A HEALTHY WATER SITUATION. 799 00:24:16,456 --> 00:24:17,188 HEALTHY WATER SITUATION. WE HAVE DONE GOOD PLANNING HERE. 800 00:24:17,190 --> 00:24:19,757 WE HAVE DONE GOOD PLANNING HERE. BUT WE CAN'T REST ON OUR 801 00:24:19,759 --> 00:24:22,893 BUT WE CAN'T REST ON OUR LAURELS. 802 00:24:22,895 --> 00:24:25,463 LAURELS. >> JOINING US TO TALK ABOUT THE 803 00:24:25,465 --> 00:24:27,965 >> JOINING US TO TALK ABOUT THE STATE LEGISLATURE THIS WEEK IS 804 00:24:27,967 --> 00:24:28,499 STATE LEGISLATURE THIS WEEK IS CHRISTOPHER CONOVER. 805 00:24:28,501 --> 00:24:30,267 CHRISTOPHER CONOVER. SOME FIREWORKS, NOT LIKE WHAT WE 806 00:24:30,269 --> 00:24:32,470 SOME FIREWORKS, NOT LIKE WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IN PREVIOUS WEEKS, BUT 807 00:24:32,472 --> 00:24:33,604 HAVE SEEN IN PREVIOUS WEEKS, BUT SOMETHING PRETTY INTERESTING. 808 00:24:33,606 --> 00:24:34,772 SOMETHING PRETTY INTERESTING. >> THERE WERE SOME FIREWORKS AND 809 00:24:34,774 --> 00:24:35,606 >> THERE WERE SOME FIREWORKS AND THEY WERE ON THE FLOOR. 810 00:24:35,608 --> 00:24:40,077 THEY WERE ON THE FLOOR. WE'RE USED TO REPUBLICANS AND 811 00:24:40,079 --> 00:24:40,811 WE'RE USED TO REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS ARGUING ON THE FLOOR. 812 00:24:40,813 --> 00:24:41,345 DEMOCRATS ARGUING ON THE FLOOR. THAT'S WHAT THEY DO. 813 00:24:41,347 --> 00:24:42,746 THAT'S WHAT THEY DO. THAT'S WHAT THEY GO UP TO DO. 814 00:24:42,748 --> 00:24:43,747 THAT'S WHAT THEY GO UP TO DO. INTERESTING THIS WEEK, STATE 815 00:24:43,749 --> 00:24:44,482 INTERESTING THIS WEEK, STATE SENATOR MELVIN WHO IS RUNNING 816 00:24:44,484 --> 00:24:45,149 SENATOR MELVIN WHO IS RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR FROM SOUTHERN 817 00:24:45,151 --> 00:24:50,054 FOR GOVERNOR FROM SOUTHERN ARIZONA SPONSORED A BILL, GOT IT 818 00:24:50,056 --> 00:24:52,957 ARIZONA SPONSORED A BILL, GOT IT THROUGH PRELIMINARY APPROVAL ON 819 00:24:52,959 --> 00:24:54,792 THROUGH PRELIMINARY APPROVAL ON THE SENATE FLOOR THAT WOULD HAVE 820 00:24:54,794 --> 00:24:57,061 THE SENATE FLOOR THAT WOULD HAVE PROHIBITED THE STATE FROM USING 821 00:24:57,063 --> 00:24:58,863 PROHIBITED THE STATE FROM USING THE NEW COMMON CORE EDUCATION 822 00:24:58,865 --> 00:25:06,370 THE NEW COMMON CORE EDUCATION STANDARDS WHICH FOUR YEARS AGO 823 00:25:06,372 --> 00:25:07,104 STANDARDS WHICH FOUR YEARS AGO THE STATE ADOPTED AND HAS BEGUN 824 00:25:07,106 --> 00:25:07,805 THE STATE ADOPTED AND HAS BEGUN IMPLEMENTING THIS SCHOOL YEAR. 825 00:25:07,807 --> 00:25:09,340 IMPLEMENTING THIS SCHOOL YEAR. HIS ARGUMENT AT THE TIME THIS IS 826 00:25:09,342 --> 00:25:12,610 HIS ARGUMENT AT THE TIME THIS IS FEDERAL OVERREACH. 827 00:25:12,612 --> 00:25:14,245 FEDERAL OVERREACH. WE CAN WRITE STANDARDS BETTER 828 00:25:14,247 --> 00:25:15,913 WE CAN WRITE STANDARDS BETTER AND THE SENATE VOTED TO ADVANCE 829 00:25:15,915 --> 00:25:17,281 AND THE SENATE VOTED TO ADVANCE THAT BILL. 830 00:25:17,283 --> 00:25:18,849 THAT BILL. THE NEXT DAY THAT BILL CAME BACK 831 00:25:18,851 --> 00:25:20,518 THE NEXT DAY THAT BILL CAME BACK AND WHEN IT WENT UP ON THE FLOOR 832 00:25:20,520 --> 00:25:22,920 AND WHEN IT WENT UP ON THE FLOOR FOR A FINAL VOTE, IT WAS VOTED 833 00:25:22,922 --> 00:25:23,487 FOR A FINAL VOTE, IT WAS VOTED DOWN. 834 00:25:23,489 --> 00:25:24,655 DOWN. REPUBLICANS JOINED WITH 835 00:25:24,657 --> 00:25:25,923 REPUBLICANS JOINED WITH DEMOCRATS AND VOTED THAT BILL 836 00:25:25,925 --> 00:25:26,891 DEMOCRATS AND VOTED THAT BILL DOWN. 837 00:25:26,893 --> 00:25:28,425 DOWN. IT'S VERY RARE TO SEE SOMETHING 838 00:25:28,427 --> 00:25:30,261 IT'S VERY RARE TO SEE SOMETHING VOTED DOWN ON THE FLOOR AGAINST 839 00:25:30,263 --> 00:25:31,228 VOTED DOWN ON THE FLOOR AGAINST THE SENATE PRESIDENT WHO SPOKE 840 00:25:31,230 --> 00:25:32,730 THE SENATE PRESIDENT WHO SPOKE IN FAVOR OF IT TWICE. 841 00:25:32,732 --> 00:25:34,098 IN FAVOR OF IT TWICE. >> AND WE SHOULD BE CLEAR. 842 00:25:34,100 --> 00:25:35,399 >> AND WE SHOULD BE CLEAR. THIS IS THE ARIZONA COLORADO AND 843 00:25:35,401 --> 00:25:37,201 THIS IS THE ARIZONA COLORADO AND CAREER READY STANDARDS WHICH WAS 844 00:25:37,203 --> 00:25:37,868 CAREER READY STANDARDS WHICH WAS KNOWN AS COMMON CORE. 845 00:25:37,870 --> 00:25:39,904 KNOWN AS COMMON CORE. BUT THAT'S REALLY WHERE THE 846 00:25:39,906 --> 00:25:41,338 BUT THAT'S REALLY WHERE THE CONTROVERSY SORT OF STARTED, IS 847 00:25:41,340 --> 00:25:45,876 CONTROVERSY SORT OF STARTED, IS THE COMMON CORE WAS A FEDERAL 848 00:25:45,878 --> 00:25:46,577 THE COMMON CORE WAS A FEDERAL TERM AND MAYBE SENATOR MELVIN 849 00:25:46,579 --> 00:25:47,244 TERM AND MAYBE SENATOR MELVIN DIDN'T WANT THAT REFERENCE 850 00:25:47,246 --> 00:25:47,945 DIDN'T WANT THAT REFERENCE ATTACHED TO THE FEDERAL GUIDE 851 00:25:47,947 --> 00:25:48,279 ATTACHED TO THE FEDERAL GUIDE LINES. 852 00:25:48,281 --> 00:25:51,382 LINES. >> VERY OFTEN WE HEAR OUT OF THE 853 00:25:51,384 --> 00:25:52,316 >> VERY OFTEN WE HEAR OUT OF THE REPUBLICANS IN THE LEGISLATURE 854 00:25:52,318 --> 00:25:54,485 REPUBLICANS IN THE LEGISLATURE THEY DON'T WANT LIKE THE FEDERAL 855 00:25:54,487 --> 00:25:55,219 THEY DON'T WANT LIKE THE FEDERAL CREEP INTO THINGS AND THIS WAS 856 00:25:55,221 --> 00:25:57,788 CREEP INTO THINGS AND THIS WAS AN EXAMPLE OF THAT. 857 00:25:57,790 --> 00:25:58,522 AN EXAMPLE OF THAT. DURING THE INITIAL DEBATE ON THE 858 00:25:58,524 --> 00:26:03,260 DURING THE INITIAL DEBATE ON THE FLOOR, SENATOR MELVIN WAS 859 00:26:03,262 --> 00:26:07,398 FLOOR, SENATOR MELVIN WAS QUESTIONED BY SENATOR BRADLEY 860 00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:08,032 QUESTIONED BY SENATOR BRADLEY WHO IS ALSO FROM SOUTHERN 861 00:26:08,034 --> 00:26:09,366 WHO IS ALSO FROM SOUTHERN ARIZONA, A DEMOCRAT, ABOUT WHAT 862 00:26:09,368 --> 00:26:12,069 ARIZONA, A DEMOCRAT, ABOUT WHAT HE DIDN'T LIKE. 863 00:26:12,071 --> 00:26:12,803 HE DIDN'T LIKE. TELL US WHAT YOU DON'T LIKE IN 864 00:26:12,805 --> 00:26:14,538 TELL US WHAT YOU DON'T LIKE IN THE COMMON CORE STANDARD. 865 00:26:14,540 --> 00:26:16,407 THE COMMON CORE STANDARD. AND SENATOR MELVIN DIDN'T ANSWER 866 00:26:16,409 --> 00:26:17,174 AND SENATOR MELVIN DIDN'T ANSWER THE QUESTION. 867 00:26:17,176 --> 00:26:20,144 THE QUESTION. WHEN THEY ASKED FOR SPECIFICS, 868 00:26:20,146 --> 00:26:22,046 WHEN THEY ASKED FOR SPECIFICS, SENATOR MELVIN SAID SENATOR 869 00:26:22,048 --> 00:26:23,948 SENATOR MELVIN SAID SENATOR BRADLEY TO GO FIND THE PROBLEMS 870 00:26:23,950 --> 00:26:25,316 BRADLEY TO GO FIND THE PROBLEMS HIMSELF AND KEPT COMING BACK 871 00:26:25,318 --> 00:26:26,717 HIMSELF AND KEPT COMING BACK THIS IS A FEDERAL OVERREACH, THE 872 00:26:26,719 --> 00:26:30,554 THIS IS A FEDERAL OVERREACH, THE STATE OF ARIZONA CAN DO IT 873 00:26:30,556 --> 00:26:31,188 STATE OF ARIZONA CAN DO IT BETTER THAT'S WHAT SENATE 874 00:26:31,190 --> 00:26:32,456 BETTER THAT'S WHAT SENATE PRESIDENT BIGGS ALSO ARGUED. 875 00:26:32,458 --> 00:26:36,193 PRESIDENT BIGGS ALSO ARGUED. DESPITE THAT, IT WENT DOWN. 876 00:26:36,195 --> 00:26:36,527 DESPITE THAT, IT WENT DOWN. >> OKAY. 877 00:26:36,529 --> 00:26:37,194 >> OKAY. WE COULD HEAR MORE ABOUT IT 878 00:26:37,196 --> 00:26:37,761 WE COULD HEAR MORE ABOUT IT LATER IN THE SESSION. 879 00:26:37,763 --> 00:26:38,495 LATER IN THE SESSION. BUT I WANT TO GET TO THE 880 00:26:38,497 --> 00:26:39,229 BUT I WANT TO GET TO THE ABORTION CLINICS. 881 00:26:39,231 --> 00:26:39,730 ABORTION CLINICS. TALK ABOUT THAT. 882 00:26:39,732 --> 00:26:40,464 TALK ABOUT THAT. >> THERE'S A BILL THAT'S WORKING 883 00:26:40,466 --> 00:26:43,567 >> THERE'S A BILL THAT'S WORKING THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE, THE 884 00:26:43,569 --> 00:26:47,004 THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE, THE HOUSE HAS PASSED IT, THAT ALLOWS 885 00:26:47,006 --> 00:26:49,039 HOUSE HAS PASSED IT, THAT ALLOWS SNAP OR SURPRISE INSPECTIONS OF 886 00:26:49,041 --> 00:26:50,474 SNAP OR SURPRISE INSPECTIONS OF ABORTION CLINICS IN ARIZONA. 887 00:26:50,476 --> 00:26:51,642 ABORTION CLINICS IN ARIZONA. ACCORDING TO THE SPONSORS, THOSE 888 00:26:51,644 --> 00:26:53,611 ACCORDING TO THE SPONSORS, THOSE ARE THE ONLY MEDICAL FACILITIES 889 00:26:53,613 --> 00:26:55,279 ARE THE ONLY MEDICAL FACILITIES IN STATE THAT INSPECTORS CANNOT 890 00:26:55,281 --> 00:26:57,681 IN STATE THAT INSPECTORS CANNOT JUST SHOW UP TO AT ANY TIME. 891 00:26:57,683 --> 00:27:00,284 JUST SHOW UP TO AT ANY TIME. THE ARGUMENT AGAINST IT IS THAT 892 00:27:00,286 --> 00:27:02,319 THE ARGUMENT AGAINST IT IS THAT THAT IS -- COULD BE AN INVASION 893 00:27:02,321 --> 00:27:04,421 THAT IS -- COULD BE AN INVASION OF A WOMAN'S PRIVACY. 894 00:27:04,423 --> 00:27:05,422 OF A WOMAN'S PRIVACY. IT'S PASSED THE HOUSE. 895 00:27:05,424 --> 00:27:07,291 IT'S PASSED THE HOUSE. IT MOST CERTAINLY WILL END UP IN 896 00:27:07,293 --> 00:27:08,726 IT MOST CERTAINLY WILL END UP IN COURT ASSUMING IT BECOMES LAW 897 00:27:08,728 --> 00:27:09,460 COURT ASSUMING IT BECOMES LAW WHICH WOULD TAKE THE GOVERNOR'S 898 00:27:09,462 --> 00:27:12,363 WHICH WOULD TAKE THE GOVERNOR'S SIGNATURE, BUT THIS ONE WILL NOT 899 00:27:12,365 --> 00:27:13,998 SIGNATURE, BUT THIS ONE WILL NOT GO AWAY IF IT GETS TO THE 900 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:14,565 GO AWAY IF IT GETS TO THE GOVERNOR'S DESK. 901 00:27:14,567 --> 00:27:17,167 GOVERNOR'S DESK. >> AS YOU MENTIONED THERE'S 902 00:27:17,169 --> 00:27:18,469 >> AS YOU MENTIONED THERE'S STILL OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THESE 903 00:27:18,471 --> 00:27:21,138 STILL OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THESE ISSUES RIGHT BACK UP BEFORE THE 904 00:27:21,140 --> 00:27:21,905 ISSUES RIGHT BACK UP BEFORE THE FINAL GAVEL. 905 00:27:21,907 --> 00:27:22,406 FINAL GAVEL. >> ABSOLUTELY. 906 00:27:22,408 --> 00:27:23,407 >> ABSOLUTELY. THE COMMON CORE COULD COME BACK 907 00:27:23,409 --> 00:27:24,742 THE COMMON CORE COULD COME BACK IN THE FORM OF AN AMENDMENT. 908 00:27:24,744 --> 00:27:25,476 IN THE FORM OF AN AMENDMENT. SENATOR MELVIN OR SOMEBODY ELSE 909 00:27:25,478 --> 00:27:26,143 SENATOR MELVIN OR SOMEBODY ELSE COULD TRY AND TACK IT ON TO 910 00:27:26,145 --> 00:27:29,279 COULD TRY AND TACK IT ON TO ANOTHER BILL. 911 00:27:29,281 --> 00:27:31,081 ANOTHER BILL. NOTHING IS TRULY DEAD UNTIL THE 912 00:27:31,083 --> 00:27:32,583 NOTHING IS TRULY DEAD UNTIL THE LAST MOMENT OF THE SESSION. 913 00:27:32,585 --> 00:27:33,651 LAST MOMENT OF THE SESSION. >> OKAY. 914 00:27:33,653 --> 00:27:35,586 >> OKAY. CHRISTOPHER CONOVER, THANK YOU 915 00:27:35,588 --> 00:27:36,387 CHRISTOPHER CONOVER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR ANALYSIS. 916 00:27:36,389 --> 00:27:38,756 FOR YOUR ANALYSIS. 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