WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:08.040 >>> ARIZONA'S DRY WINTER, WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR THE STATE'S 00:08.042 --> 00:10.376 DOES IT MEAN FOR THE STATE'S RESOURCES? 00:10.378 --> 00:12.211 RESOURCES? >> WE'RE NOT IN CRISIS. 00:12.213 --> 00:13.679 >> WE'RE NOT IN CRISIS. AND WE HAVE TO GET PEOPLE 00:13.681 --> 00:14.646 AND WE HAVE TO GET PEOPLE THINKING ABOUT THE LONG TERM. 00:14.648 --> 00:15.381 THINKING ABOUT THE LONG TERM. PEOPLE THINKING ABOUT INVESTING 00:15.383 --> 00:18.484 PEOPLE THINKING ABOUT INVESTING FOR THE LONG TERM AND PREPARING 00:18.486 --> 00:20.786 FOR THE LONG TERM AND PREPARING SO THAT WE AVOID THAT CRISIS. 00:20.788 --> 00:21.520 SO THAT WE AVOID THAT CRISIS. >> FARMERS AND RANCHERS CRUISE 00:21.522 --> 00:25.624 >> FARMERS AND RANCHERS CRUISE THE MOST WATER IN THE STATE. 00:25.626 --> 00:27.292 THE MOST WATER IN THE STATE. HOW THEIR EFFORTS AFFECT THE 00:27.294 --> 00:28.894 HOW THEIR EFFORTS AFFECT THE FOOD SUPPLY FROM REGIONAL TO 00:28.896 --> 00:29.728 FOOD SUPPLY FROM REGIONAL TO NATIONAL LEVELS. 00:29.730 --> 00:34.066 NATIONAL LEVELS. >> WE HAVE ENOUGH RANCHERS IN 00:34.068 --> 00:34.800 >> WE HAVE ENOUGH RANCHERS IN ARIZONA AND WE FEED ALMOST -- WE 00:34.802 --> 00:37.669 ARIZONA AND WE FEED ALMOST -- WE FEED OVER 4.5 MILLION PEOPLE IN 00:37.671 --> 00:40.172 FEED OVER 4.5 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE BEEF PRODUCTION IN AMERICA. 00:40.174 --> 00:41.006 THE BEEF PRODUCTION IN AMERICA. THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT. 00:41.008 --> 00:49.114 THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT. >> THIS IS "ARIZONA WEEK." 00:49.116 --> 01:03.362 >>> HERE IN ARIZONA, THERE ARE AN ESTIMATED 15,000 RANCHING AND 01:03.364 --> 01:04.897 AN ESTIMATED 15,000 RANCHING AND FARMING FAMILIES. 01:04.899 --> 01:08.400 FARMING FAMILIES. AGRICULTURE IN THE STATE USES 01:08.402 --> 01:11.603 AGRICULTURE IN THE STATE USES 70% OF WATER RESOURCES. 01:11.605 --> 01:15.174 70% OF WATER RESOURCES. STEPHANIE SMALLHOUSE, VICE 01:15.176 --> 01:15.874 STEPHANIE SMALLHOUSE, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE FARM BUREAU, 01:15.876 --> 01:16.508 PRESIDENT OF THE FARM BUREAU, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 01:16.510 --> 01:17.709 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> NO PROBLEM, THANK YOU. 01:17.711 --> 01:18.977 >> NO PROBLEM, THANK YOU. >> LET'S TALK ABOUT HOW 01:18.979 --> 01:20.079 >> LET'S TALK ABOUT HOW AGRICULTURE TENDS TO USE THE 01:20.081 --> 01:21.680 AGRICULTURE TENDS TO USE THE MOST WATER IN THE STATE OF 01:21.682 --> 01:22.014 MOST WATER IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA. 01:22.016 --> 01:23.549 ARIZONA. YOU'RE A FARMER, YOU'RE A 01:23.551 --> 01:23.882 YOU'RE A FARMER, YOU'RE A RANCHER. 01:23.884 --> 01:25.250 RANCHER. YOU CONCERNED ABOUT YOUR USE OUT 01:25.252 --> 01:28.854 YOU CONCERNED ABOUT YOUR USE OUT HERE ON YOUR PROPERTY? 01:28.856 --> 01:29.555 HERE ON YOUR PROPERTY? >> WELL, I THINK FARMERS AND 01:29.557 --> 01:30.289 >> WELL, I THINK FARMERS AND RANCHERS ARE CONCERNED AIR THEIR 01:30.291 --> 01:30.989 RANCHERS ARE CONCERNED AIR THEIR USE BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING WE 01:30.991 --> 01:31.457 USE BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE TO MANAGE. 01:31.459 --> 01:33.926 HAVE TO MANAGE. I GUESS THE PUBLIC DOESN'T 01:33.928 --> 01:35.127 I GUESS THE PUBLIC DOESN'T GENERALLY REALIZE OR UNDERSTAND 01:35.129 --> 01:37.529 GENERALLY REALIZE OR UNDERSTAND THAT IT TAKES WATER TO MAKE 01:37.531 --> 01:37.830 THAT IT TAKES WATER TO MAKE FOOD. 01:37.832 --> 01:39.364 FOOD. SO THERE'S NOT ANOTHER WAY -- WE 01:39.366 --> 01:47.239 SO THERE'S NOT ANOTHER WAY -- WE HAVEN'T FIGURED OUT A WAY TO 01:47.241 --> 01:47.773 HAVEN'T FIGURED OUT A WAY TO MAKE IT DIFFERENTLY. 01:47.775 --> 01:48.507 MAKE IT DIFFERENTLY. SO WE'RE ALWAYS COGNIZANT OF HOW 01:48.509 --> 01:49.208 SO WE'RE ALWAYS COGNIZANT OF HOW MUCH WE'RE USING ON OUR PLACE. 01:49.210 --> 01:49.908 MUCH WE'RE USING ON OUR PLACE. THIS IS OUR SIXTH GENERATION 01:49.910 --> 01:50.609 THIS IS OUR SIXTH GENERATION WITH MY KIDS SO WE HAVE SPENT 01:50.611 --> 01:51.310 WITH MY KIDS SO WE HAVE SPENT THAT ENTIRE TIME TRYING TO BE 01:51.312 --> 01:51.710 THAT ENTIRE TIME TRYING TO BE PROGRESSIVE. 01:51.712 --> 01:54.947 PROGRESSIVE. AND USE TECHNOLOGY TO SAVE 01:54.949 --> 01:55.247 AND USE TECHNOLOGY TO SAVE WATER. 01:55.249 --> 01:56.482 WATER. SO THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT WE 01:56.484 --> 01:57.149 SO THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING. 01:57.151 --> 01:59.785 HAVE BEEN DOING. >> WE'RE IN A DROUGHT, BUT IT 01:59.787 --> 02:00.853 >> WE'RE IN A DROUGHT, BUT IT COULD BE SAID THAT ARIZONA IS 02:00.855 --> 02:03.722 COULD BE SAID THAT ARIZONA IS ALWAYS IN A DROUGHT BECAUSE 02:03.724 --> 02:04.256 ALWAYS IN A DROUGHT BECAUSE WE'RE IN THE DESERT. 02:04.258 --> 02:05.290 WE'RE IN THE DESERT. HOW DO YOU MANAGE? 02:05.292 --> 02:07.593 HOW DO YOU MANAGE? >> WELL, YOU KNOW, THIS ISN'T 02:07.595 --> 02:08.460 >> WELL, YOU KNOW, THIS ISN'T OUR FIRST DROUGHT. 02:08.462 --> 02:12.030 OUR FIRST DROUGHT. WHEN YOU HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE 02:12.032 --> 02:14.900 WHEN YOU HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE 1884, WE HAVE SEEN AT LEAST FOUR 02:14.902 --> 02:15.934 1884, WE HAVE SEEN AT LEAST FOUR SIGNIFICANT DROUGHTS IN OUR 02:15.936 --> 02:16.768 SIGNIFICANT DROUGHTS IN OUR WRITTEN HISTORY AND YOU MANAGE 02:16.770 --> 02:18.036 WRITTEN HISTORY AND YOU MANAGE BY PLANNING AHEAD. 02:18.038 --> 02:19.872 BY PLANNING AHEAD. WE PRETTY MUCH EXPECT THAT AT 02:19.874 --> 02:21.373 WE PRETTY MUCH EXPECT THAT AT SOME POINT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE 02:21.375 --> 02:22.708 SOME POINT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO BE IN A DROUGHT OR 02:22.710 --> 02:23.675 GOING TO BE IN A DROUGHT OR WE'LL HAVE A DRY YEAR. 02:23.677 --> 02:27.846 WE'LL HAVE A DRY YEAR. YOU KNOW, WE'RE GROWING THINGS 02:27.848 --> 02:28.580 YOU KNOW, WE'RE GROWING THINGS YEAR ROUND EVERY YEAR SO WE HAVE 02:28.582 --> 02:30.249 YEAR ROUND EVERY YEAR SO WE HAVE TO MANAGE AND PLAN EVERY SINGLE 02:30.251 --> 02:30.549 TO MANAGE AND PLAN EVERY SINGLE YEAR. 02:30.551 --> 02:31.984 YEAR. SO IT'S A PART OF LIFE FOR US. 02:31.986 --> 02:34.052 SO IT'S A PART OF LIFE FOR US. >> DO YOU WORRY ABOUT THE WATER 02:34.054 --> 02:39.324 >> DO YOU WORRY ABOUT THE WATER RESOURCES IN THE STATE IMPACTING 02:39.326 --> 02:40.058 RESOURCES IN THE STATE IMPACTING YOUR ABILITY TO SURVIVE OUT HERE 02:40.060 --> 02:40.726 YOUR ABILITY TO SURVIVE OUT HERE AND THIS IS WHAT YOU CALL A 02:40.728 --> 02:41.360 AND THIS IS WHAT YOU CALL A BUSINESS FOR YOU? 02:41.362 --> 02:44.363 BUSINESS FOR YOU? >> WELL, YOU KNOW, I DO WORRY 02:44.365 --> 02:47.599 >> WELL, YOU KNOW, I DO WORRY ABOUT HOW PEOPLE DEAL WITH THE 02:47.601 --> 02:47.933 ABOUT HOW PEOPLE DEAL WITH THE DROUGHT. 02:47.935 --> 02:50.536 DROUGHT. YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T DO YOU ANY 02:50.538 --> 02:53.372 YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T DO YOU ANY GOOD TO FRET ABOUT THE DROUGHT. 02:53.374 --> 02:54.106 GOOD TO FRET ABOUT THE DROUGHT. WE CAN'T MAKE IT RAIN, BUT WHAT 02:54.108 --> 02:55.274 WE CAN'T MAKE IT RAIN, BUT WHAT I WORRY ABOUT IS HOW PEOPLE WILL 02:55.276 --> 02:55.841 I WORRY ABOUT IS HOW PEOPLE WILL REACT TO IT. 02:55.843 --> 02:57.809 REACT TO IT. IF YOU MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON 02:57.811 --> 02:59.144 IF YOU MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON FEAR INSTEAD OF ON FACTS, THAT'S 02:59.146 --> 03:01.046 FEAR INSTEAD OF ON FACTS, THAT'S WHEN THAT CAN HAVE A REAL IMPACT 03:01.048 --> 03:02.748 WHEN THAT CAN HAVE A REAL IMPACT ON US BEING ABLE TO PRODUCE 03:02.750 --> 03:03.048 ON US BEING ABLE TO PRODUCE FOOD. 03:03.050 --> 03:04.149 FOOD. JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE IN 03:04.151 --> 03:05.317 JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE IN OTHER PARTS OF THE STATE THAT 03:05.319 --> 03:08.854 OTHER PARTS OF THE STATE THAT ARE GROWING CROPS AS WELL. 03:08.856 --> 03:10.889 ARE GROWING CROPS AS WELL. PEOPLE TEND TO PANIC AND BECAUSE 03:10.891 --> 03:12.524 PEOPLE TEND TO PANIC AND BECAUSE AGRICULTURE USES A SIGNIFICANT 03:12.526 --> 03:13.825 AGRICULTURE USES A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WATER, WE TEND TO HAVE 03:13.827 --> 03:16.862 AMOUNT OF WATER, WE TEND TO HAVE THE FINGERS POINTED AT US FIRST. 03:16.864 --> 03:18.797 THE FINGERS POINTED AT US FIRST. AND SO I THINK IT'S JUST A 03:18.799 --> 03:21.700 AND SO I THINK IT'S JUST A MATTER OF US TAKING THE TIME AND 03:21.702 --> 03:23.035 MATTER OF US TAKING THE TIME AND OPPORTUNITY TO LET PEOPLE 03:23.037 --> 03:26.438 OPPORTUNITY TO LET PEOPLE UNDERSTAND, YEAH, WE USE WATER 03:26.440 --> 03:29.007 UNDERSTAND, YEAH, WE USE WATER BUT WE HAVE TO TO GROW FOOD. 03:29.009 --> 03:30.609 BUT WE HAVE TO TO GROW FOOD. ARIZONA IS A SIGNIFICANT 03:30.611 --> 03:32.411 ARIZONA IS A SIGNIFICANT PRODUCER OF FOOD FOR THE STATE 03:32.413 --> 03:33.445 PRODUCER OF FOOD FOR THE STATE AND THE COUNTRY, OBVIOUSLY. 03:33.447 --> 03:36.114 AND THE COUNTRY, OBVIOUSLY. SO IT'S NOT A MATTER OF, OH, WE 03:36.116 --> 03:37.182 SO IT'S NOT A MATTER OF, OH, WE CAN TAKE THE WATER AWAY FROM THE 03:37.184 --> 03:37.849 CAN TAKE THE WATER AWAY FROM THE FARMERS AND USE IT FOR THE 03:37.851 --> 03:38.183 FARMERS AND USE IT FOR THE CITIES. 03:38.185 --> 03:41.587 CITIES. YOU KNOW, AGRICULTURE IS NOT A 03:41.589 --> 03:41.987 YOU KNOW, AGRICULTURE IS NOT A WATER BANK. 03:41.989 --> 03:42.521 WATER BANK. WE'RE A FOOD SOURCE. 03:42.523 --> 03:46.825 WE'RE A FOOD SOURCE. SO WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO MANAGE 03:46.827 --> 03:48.827 SO WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO MANAGE FOR THE FUTURE AND PRACTICE 03:48.829 --> 03:49.261 FOR THE FUTURE AND PRACTICE CONSERVATION. 03:49.263 --> 03:50.295 CONSERVATION. AND I THINK IF WE CONTINUE TO DO 03:50.297 --> 03:51.463 AND I THINK IF WE CONTINUE TO DO THAT AND WE TELL PEOPLE THAT 03:51.465 --> 03:52.898 THAT AND WE TELL PEOPLE THAT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING AND 03:52.900 --> 03:54.366 THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING AND EXPLAIN TO THEM, YOU KNOW, THE 03:54.368 --> 03:55.100 EXPLAIN TO THEM, YOU KNOW, THE ACTIONS THAT WE'RE TAKING THEN 03:55.102 --> 03:55.834 ACTIONS THAT WE'RE TAKING THEN HOPEFULLY PEOPLE WILL USE THAT 03:55.836 --> 04:01.340 HOPEFULLY PEOPLE WILL USE THAT INFORMATION TO MAKE GOOD 04:01.342 --> 04:01.740 INFORMATION TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS. 04:01.742 --> 04:03.075 DECISIONS. >> WHAT DON'T PEOPLE -- THE 04:03.077 --> 04:04.042 >> WHAT DON'T PEOPLE -- THE AVERAGE ARIZONIAN MAYBE KNOW 04:04.044 --> 04:05.711 AVERAGE ARIZONIAN MAYBE KNOW ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH 04:05.713 --> 04:07.145 ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH CATTLE RANCHING AND FARMING IN 04:07.147 --> 04:07.913 CATTLE RANCHING AND FARMING IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA? 04:07.915 --> 04:10.048 THE STATE OF ARIZONA? IS IT A HEALTHY PICTURE RIGHT 04:10.050 --> 04:10.482 IS IT A HEALTHY PICTURE RIGHT NOW? 04:10.484 --> 04:11.550 NOW? IS IT IN TROUBLE? 04:11.552 --> 04:13.185 IS IT IN TROUBLE? >> NO, I DON'T THINK IT'S IN 04:13.187 --> 04:14.419 >> NO, I DON'T THINK IT'S IN TROUBLE AT ALL. 04:14.421 --> 04:15.254 TROUBLE AT ALL. IT'S -- YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN A 04:15.256 --> 04:15.954 IT'S -- YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN A VERY GOOD CONDITION RIGHT NOW. 04:15.956 --> 04:18.690 VERY GOOD CONDITION RIGHT NOW. THE BEEF MARKET IS DOING WELL. 04:18.692 --> 04:21.793 THE BEEF MARKET IS DOING WELL. YOU KNOW, OF COURSE THINGS OUT 04:21.795 --> 04:26.331 YOU KNOW, OF COURSE THINGS OUT OF OUT OF CONTROL LIKE THE 04:26.333 --> 04:26.665 OF OUT OF CONTROL LIKE THE WEATHER. 04:26.667 --> 04:27.399 WEATHER. YOU CAN'T FRET ABOUT THAT, BUT 04:27.401 --> 04:28.133 YOU CAN'T FRET ABOUT THAT, BUT YOU HAVE TO MANAGE THROUGH THAT. 04:28.135 --> 04:28.867 YOU HAVE TO MANAGE THROUGH THAT. THE AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY IS VERY 04:28.869 --> 04:29.201 THE AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY IS VERY STRONG. 04:29.203 --> 04:29.835 STRONG. AND ONE OF THE REASONS IS 04:29.837 --> 04:34.039 AND ONE OF THE REASONS IS BECAUSE WE HAVE GROWN UP SO TO 04:34.041 --> 04:34.773 BECAUSE WE HAVE GROWN UP SO TO SPEAK AS AN INDUSTRY IN ARIZONA. 04:34.775 --> 04:35.440 SPEAK AS AN INDUSTRY IN ARIZONA. PLANNING FOR THE WORST AND 04:35.442 --> 04:37.442 PLANNING FOR THE WORST AND HOPING FOR THE BEST. 04:37.444 --> 04:39.311 HOPING FOR THE BEST. AND SO THAT MEANS WHEN THAT'S 04:39.313 --> 04:41.346 AND SO THAT MEANS WHEN THAT'S WATER SHORTAGES, YOU KNOW, YOU 04:41.348 --> 04:46.218 WATER SHORTAGES, YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK AT THE FORETHOUGHT OF OUR 04:46.220 --> 04:46.918 LOOK AT THE FORETHOUGHT OF OUR ANCESTORS THAT FIRST CAME TO 04:46.920 --> 04:48.487 ANCESTORS THAT FIRST CAME TO ARIZONA IN DOING THE C.A.P. 04:48.489 --> 04:49.721 ARIZONA IN DOING THE C.A.P. CANAL AND THINKING OF 04:49.723 --> 04:50.555 CANAL AND THINKING OF GROUNDWATER SUPPLIES. 04:50.557 --> 04:54.126 GROUNDWATER SUPPLIES. YOU THINK IN THE ABOUT 80s WHEN 04:54.128 --> 04:54.893 YOU THINK IN THE ABOUT 80s WHEN EVERYONE CAME TOGETHER AND 04:54.895 --> 04:55.894 EVERYONE CAME TOGETHER AND MANAGED THE WATER IN ARIZONA. 04:55.896 --> 04:56.862 MANAGED THE WATER IN ARIZONA. A LOT OF STATES HAVEN'T DONE 04:56.864 --> 04:57.162 A LOT OF STATES HAVEN'T DONE THAT. 04:57.164 --> 04:57.896 THAT. AND AGRICULTURE HAS BEEN A BIG 04:57.898 --> 05:00.232 AND AGRICULTURE HAS BEEN A BIG PART OF THAT. 05:00.234 --> 05:02.668 PART OF THAT. YOU KNOW, AS A PRIMARY PRIVATE 05:02.670 --> 05:04.536 YOU KNOW, AS A PRIMARY PRIVATE LAND HOLDER AND A PRIMARY WATER 05:04.538 --> 05:04.836 LAND HOLDER AND A PRIMARY WATER USER. 05:04.838 --> 05:07.039 USER. SO I THINK BECAUSE WE'RE ALWAYS 05:07.041 --> 05:08.974 SO I THINK BECAUSE WE'RE ALWAYS PROACTIVE WE'RE GOING TO BE 05:08.976 --> 05:09.308 PROACTIVE WE'RE GOING TO BE HEALTHY. 05:09.310 --> 05:11.977 HEALTHY. AS LONG AS PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHY 05:11.979 --> 05:12.711 AS LONG AS PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING AND 05:12.713 --> 05:13.412 WE'RE DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING AND HOW WE DO IT. 05:13.414 --> 05:14.780 HOW WE DO IT. WE HAVE ENOUGH RANCHERS IN 05:14.782 --> 05:15.847 WE HAVE ENOUGH RANCHERS IN ARIZONA AND BEEF PRODUCTION 05:15.849 --> 05:16.148 ARIZONA AND BEEF PRODUCTION HERE. 05:16.150 --> 05:21.019 HERE. WE FEED OVER 4.5 MILLION PEOPLE 05:21.021 --> 05:21.753 WE FEED OVER 4.5 MILLION PEOPLE JUST WITH THE BEEF PRODUCTION IN 05:21.755 --> 05:22.087 JUST WITH THE BEEF PRODUCTION IN ARIZONA. 05:22.089 --> 05:26.458 ARIZONA. WE PRODUCE ENOUGH COTTON IN 05:26.460 --> 05:28.126 WE PRODUCE ENOUGH COTTON IN ARIZONA TO PUT A PAIR OF PANTS 05:28.128 --> 05:29.328 ARIZONA TO PUT A PAIR OF PANTS ON EVERYONE IN THE UNITED 05:29.330 --> 05:31.930 ON EVERYONE IN THE UNITED STATES. 05:31.932 --> 05:32.664 STATES. TO SAY WE NEED THE WATER, WELL, 05:32.666 --> 05:33.398 TO SAY WE NEED THE WATER, WELL, YOU'RE AFFECTING YOUR FOOD AND 05:33.400 --> 05:33.699 YOU'RE AFFECTING YOUR FOOD AND FINER. 05:33.701 --> 05:40.205 FINER. PEOPLE ARE FINE WITH HAVING 05:40.207 --> 05:40.939 PEOPLE ARE FINE WITH HAVING EVERYTHING IN THEIR LIVING ROOM 05:40.941 --> 05:41.540 EVERYTHING IN THEIR LIVING ROOM MADE IN ANOTHER COUNTRY. 05:41.542 --> 05:44.276 MADE IN ANOTHER COUNTRY. BUT WHEN THEY OPEN THE 05:44.278 --> 05:44.976 BUT WHEN THEY OPEN THE REFRIGERATOR THEY DON'T WANT 05:44.978 --> 05:45.877 REFRIGERATOR THEY DON'T WANT THEIR FOOD TO BE FROM ANOTHER 05:45.879 --> 05:46.278 THEIR FOOD TO BE FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY. 05:46.280 --> 05:49.448 COUNTRY. THAT'S WHAT I ALWAYS TRY TO 05:49.450 --> 05:49.948 THAT'S WHAT I ALWAYS TRY TO EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE. 05:49.950 --> 05:50.682 EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE. WE DON'T THINK ABOUT OUR FOOD IN 05:50.684 --> 05:51.316 WE DON'T THINK ABOUT OUR FOOD IN TERMS OF WHAT IT TAKES TO 05:51.318 --> 05:52.017 TERMS OF WHAT IT TAKES TO SUPPORT THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE 05:52.019 --> 05:54.086 SUPPORT THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE GROWING IT. 05:54.088 --> 05:55.520 GROWING IT. AND ONE OF THOSE THINGS IS WHEN 05:55.522 --> 05:57.389 AND ONE OF THOSE THINGS IS WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WATER, 05:57.391 --> 05:58.090 YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WATER, ESPECIALLY IN ARIZONA, IS WE 05:58.092 --> 05:58.690 ESPECIALLY IN ARIZONA, IS WE NEED TO BE PART OF THE 05:58.692 --> 06:00.826 NEED TO BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION. 06:00.828 --> 06:02.761 CONVERSATION. YOU KNOW, FARMERS AND RANCHERS 06:02.763 --> 06:03.929 YOU KNOW, FARMERS AND RANCHERS NEED TO BE PART OF THE 06:03.931 --> 06:04.563 NEED TO BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION. 06:04.565 --> 06:06.231 CONVERSATION. WHEN IT COMES TO WATER 06:06.233 --> 06:07.866 WHEN IT COMES TO WATER CONSERVATION AND THINGBES LIKE 06:07.868 --> 06:08.166 CONSERVATION AND THINGBES LIKE THAT. 06:08.168 --> 06:08.900 THAT. IF WE'RE NOT, THEN WE WON'T BE 06:08.902 --> 06:12.170 IF WE'RE NOT, THEN WE WON'T BE ABLE TO GROW FOOD. 06:12.172 --> 06:15.540 ABLE TO GROW FOOD. >> SMALLHOUSE SAYS HER RANCH 06:15.542 --> 06:16.641 >> SMALLHOUSE SAYS HER RANCH USED TO SHIP FOUR LOADS OF 06:16.643 --> 06:17.943 USED TO SHIP FOUR LOADS OF CATTLE EVERY YEAR, BUT BECAUSE 06:17.945 --> 06:21.012 CATTLE EVERY YEAR, BUT BECAUSE OF THE DROUGHT THEY HAVE REDUCED 06:21.014 --> 06:22.514 OF THE DROUGHT THEY HAVE REDUCED THE SHIPMENTS IN HALF AS 06:22.516 --> 06:24.683 THE SHIPMENTS IN HALF AS IRRIGATING THEIR 65,000 ACRES 06:24.685 --> 06:26.518 IRRIGATING THEIR 65,000 ACRES HAS PRESENTED A CHALLENGE. 06:26.520 --> 06:27.219 HAS PRESENTED A CHALLENGE. STEPHANIE, WHERE DOES CARLINK 06:27.221 --> 06:27.853 STEPHANIE, WHERE DOES CARLINK RANCH GET ITS WATER FROM? 06:27.855 --> 06:32.424 RANCH GET ITS WATER FROM? >> THE MAJORITY OF THE WATER 06:32.426 --> 06:35.560 >> THE MAJORITY OF THE WATER THAT WE USE IS GROUNDWATER. 06:35.562 --> 06:36.261 THAT WE USE IS GROUNDWATER. WE HAVE AN OLD SURFACE WATER 06:36.263 --> 06:39.097 WE HAVE AN OLD SURFACE WATER RIGHT THAT WE USE AND WE HAVE 06:39.099 --> 06:41.767 RIGHT THAT WE USE AND WE HAVE HAD IT SINCE THE 1880s, BUT THE 06:41.769 --> 06:43.101 HAD IT SINCE THE 1880s, BUT THE RIVER HAS TO BE RUNNING TO USE 06:43.103 --> 06:43.502 RIVER HAS TO BE RUNNING TO USE THAT. 06:43.504 --> 06:45.070 THAT. SO MOST OF THE WATER IS PUMPED 06:45.072 --> 06:45.971 SO MOST OF THE WATER IS PUMPED OUT OF THE GROUND. 06:45.973 --> 06:49.341 OUT OF THE GROUND. >> WHEN IT DOESN'T RAIN, ARE YOU 06:49.343 --> 06:49.674 >> WHEN IT DOESN'T RAIN, ARE YOU WORRIED? 06:49.676 --> 06:50.075 WORRIED? >> OH, SURE. 06:50.077 --> 06:50.809 >> OH, SURE. YOU KNOW, WE JUST RACE AROUND TO 06:50.811 --> 06:52.043 YOU KNOW, WE JUST RACE AROUND TO PLANT ONE OF OUR FIELDS RIGHT 06:52.045 --> 06:53.645 PLANT ONE OF OUR FIELDS RIGHT BEFORE THAT RAIN STORM HIT A FEW 06:53.647 --> 06:54.679 BEFORE THAT RAIN STORM HIT A FEW DAYS AGO BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT WE 06:54.681 --> 06:57.482 DAYS AGO BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT WE WERE GOING TO GET BASICALLY 06:57.484 --> 06:58.850 WERE GOING TO GET BASICALLY INEXPENSIVE WATER TO COME OUT OF 06:58.852 --> 06:59.184 INEXPENSIVE WATER TO COME OUT OF THE SKY. 06:59.186 --> 07:03.054 THE SKY. IT COSTS MONEY TO PUMP IT OUT OF 07:03.056 --> 07:03.455 IT COSTS MONEY TO PUMP IT OUT OF THE GROUND. 07:03.457 --> 07:04.990 THE GROUND. WE WATCH THE WELL FLUCTUATION, 07:04.992 --> 07:06.425 WE WATCH THE WELL FLUCTUATION, SO WE MIGHT CHANGE UP A CROP, 07:06.427 --> 07:07.159 SO WE MIGHT CHANGE UP A CROP, FALLOW A FIELD. 07:07.161 --> 07:08.693 FALLOW A FIELD. BUT I MEAN, WE'RE CONCERNED. 07:08.695 --> 07:10.796 BUT I MEAN, WE'RE CONCERNED. I MEAN, WE HAVE TO HAVE WATER. 07:10.798 --> 07:13.765 I MEAN, WE HAVE TO HAVE WATER. ANY CHANGES IS A CONCERN. 07:13.767 --> 07:15.567 ANY CHANGES IS A CONCERN. >> AND HOW IS THE WATER 07:15.569 --> 07:18.403 >> AND HOW IS THE WATER DISTRIBUTED ON THIS FARM ON THIS 07:18.405 --> 07:18.703 DISTRIBUTED ON THIS FARM ON THIS RANCH? 07:18.705 --> 07:19.771 RANCH? >> IT IS THROUGH PIPE LINES. 07:19.773 --> 07:21.139 >> IT IS THROUGH PIPE LINES. WE HAVE WATER EVERY TWO MILES ON 07:21.141 --> 07:25.610 WE HAVE WATER EVERY TWO MILES ON THE RANGE WHICH IS IMPORTANT FOR 07:25.612 --> 07:26.278 THE RANGE WHICH IS IMPORTANT FOR RANGE MANAGEMENT BECAUSE IT 07:26.280 --> 07:32.017 RANGE MANAGEMENT BECAUSE IT MEANS THAT THE CATTLE MOVE 07:32.019 --> 07:32.350 MEANS THAT THE CATTLE MOVE RAPIDLY. 07:32.352 --> 07:33.084 RAPIDLY. WE HAVE WATER EVERY TWO MILES ON 07:33.086 --> 07:33.785 WE HAVE WATER EVERY TWO MILES ON THE RANCH AND THEN DOWN HERE 07:33.787 --> 07:34.686 THE RANCH AND THEN DOWN HERE EVERYTHING IS PIPED. 07:34.688 --> 07:36.488 EVERYTHING IS PIPED. >> THIS IS A CENTER PIVOT, THIS 07:36.490 --> 07:37.889 >> THIS IS A CENTER PIVOT, THIS IS WHAT YOU HOPE IS THE 07:37.891 --> 07:39.791 IS WHAT YOU HOPE IS THE LONG-TERM PICTURE FOR THE 07:39.793 --> 07:40.125 LONG-TERM PICTURE FOR THE FUTURE. 07:40.127 --> 07:40.725 FUTURE. >> EXACTLY. 07:40.727 --> 07:42.661 >> EXACTLY. THIS PIVOT RIGHT HERE WE HAVE 07:42.663 --> 07:45.497 THIS PIVOT RIGHT HERE WE HAVE CONVERTED PROBABLY ABOUT 350 07:45.499 --> 07:46.832 CONVERTED PROBABLY ABOUT 350 ACRES TO PIVOT RIGHT NOW. 07:46.834 --> 07:47.566 ACRES TO PIVOT RIGHT NOW. EARLIER WE WERE OVER BY A SIDE 07:47.568 --> 07:48.300 EARLIER WE WERE OVER BY A SIDE ROLE SPRINKLER AND SO OVER THE 07:48.302 --> 07:52.103 ROLE SPRINKLER AND SO OVER THE LAST 30 YEARS WE HAVE BEEN 07:52.105 --> 07:52.704 LAST 30 YEARS WE HAVE BEEN TRANSITIONING TO NEWER 07:52.706 --> 07:53.104 TRANSITIONING TO NEWER TECHNOLOGY. 07:53.106 --> 07:57.309 TECHNOLOGY. THIS PIVOT RIGHT HERE IS 90% 07:57.311 --> 07:58.343 THIS PIVOT RIGHT HERE IS 90% EFFICIENT AND SO BASICALLY WHAT 07:58.345 --> 08:00.245 EFFICIENT AND SO BASICALLY WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT FROM THE TIME 08:00.247 --> 08:02.080 THAT MEANS IS THAT FROM THE TIME WE WERE FLOOD IRRIGATING, WHICH 08:02.082 --> 08:04.449 WE WERE FLOOD IRRIGATING, WHICH WAS YEARS AGO, WE'RE SAVING 08:04.451 --> 08:05.083 WAS YEARS AGO, WE'RE SAVING BASICALLY 60% MORE WATER. 08:05.085 --> 08:08.453 BASICALLY 60% MORE WATER. SO TO US, WE'RE -- YOU KNOW, WE 08:08.455 --> 08:09.187 SO TO US, WE'RE -- YOU KNOW, WE ARE TRYING TO SHOW PEOPLE, WE'RE 08:09.189 --> 08:11.122 ARE TRYING TO SHOW PEOPLE, WE'RE TRYING TO BE SMART AND WE NEED 08:11.124 --> 08:11.823 TRYING TO BE SMART AND WE NEED THIS TO BE AROUND FOR A LONG 08:11.825 --> 08:12.123 THIS TO BE AROUND FOR A LONG TIME. 08:12.125 --> 08:16.561 TIME. SO WE'RE PRETTY CAREFUL WITH THE 08:16.563 --> 08:16.895 SO WE'RE PRETTY CAREFUL WITH THE WATER. 08:16.897 --> 08:18.830 WATER. >> SPEAKING OF A LONG-TERM 08:18.832 --> 08:21.199 >> SPEAKING OF A LONG-TERM PICTURE, THIS CARLINK RANCH HAS 08:21.201 --> 08:23.034 PICTURE, THIS CARLINK RANCH HAS BEEN HERE SINCE 1870. 08:23.036 --> 08:25.070 BEEN HERE SINCE 1870. YOU PEOPLE ARE TOUGH, YOU HAVE 08:25.072 --> 08:26.137 YOU PEOPLE ARE TOUGH, YOU HAVE MANAGED TO SURVIVE. 08:26.139 --> 08:28.740 MANAGED TO SURVIVE. >> WE'RE JUST STUBBORN. 08:28.742 --> 08:29.107 >> WE'RE JUST STUBBORN. STUBBORN. 08:29.109 --> 08:30.242 STUBBORN. >> KEEP MOVING FORWARD THOUGH? 08:30.244 --> 08:30.575 >> KEEP MOVING FORWARD THOUGH? >> SURE. 08:30.577 --> 08:31.309 >> SURE. EVERYTHING WE DO, EVERYTHING WE 08:31.311 --> 08:34.646 EVERYTHING WE DO, EVERYTHING WE DO OUT HERE IS SO THAT SOME DAY, 08:34.648 --> 08:35.380 DO OUT HERE IS SO THAT SOME DAY, YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE SITTING BACK 08:35.382 --> 08:36.114 YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE SITTING BACK A LITTLE BIT AND OUR KIDS WILL 08:36.116 --> 08:39.484 A LITTLE BIT AND OUR KIDS WILL BE DOING, YOU KNOW, WORKING OUT 08:39.486 --> 08:40.919 BE DOING, YOU KNOW, WORKING OUT HERE AND ENJOYING IT. 08:40.921 --> 08:42.120 HERE AND ENJOYING IT. THEY'LL BE AS PASSIONATE ABOUT 08:42.122 --> 08:43.121 THEY'LL BE AS PASSIONATE ABOUT IT AS WE ARE. 08:43.123 --> 08:44.356 IT AS WE ARE. I HAVE A 10-YEAR-OLD AND A 08:44.358 --> 08:45.357 I HAVE A 10-YEAR-OLD AND A 6-YEAR-OLD AND MY 10-YEAR-OLD IS 08:45.359 --> 08:46.291 6-YEAR-OLD AND MY 10-YEAR-OLD IS MORE PASSIONATE ABOUT IT THAN A 08:46.293 --> 08:46.958 MORE PASSIONATE ABOUT IT THAN A LOT OF PEOPLE I KNOW IN THE 08:46.960 --> 08:47.459 LOT OF PEOPLE I KNOW IN THE BUSINESS ALREADY. 08:47.461 --> 08:51.096 BUSINESS ALREADY. SO, YOU KNOW, MY ULTIMATE GOAL 08:51.098 --> 08:52.998 SO, YOU KNOW, MY ULTIMATE GOAL IS NOT TO MAKE HER DO THIS AND 08:53.000 --> 08:53.632 IS NOT TO MAKE HER DO THIS AND NOT TO MAKE MY SON DO IT. 08:53.634 --> 08:54.366 NOT TO MAKE MY SON DO IT. BUT TO MAKE -- SO THEY WANT TO 08:54.368 --> 08:55.166 BUT TO MAKE -- SO THEY WANT TO DO IT. 08:55.168 --> 08:59.037 DO IT. AND IF, YOU KNOW, IF THEY SEE 08:59.039 --> 09:00.972 AND IF, YOU KNOW, IF THEY SEE THAT WE GET REWARD OUT OF THIS, 09:00.974 --> 09:01.806 THAT WE GET REWARD OUT OF THIS, WHETHER IT'S A LIFESTYLE, AND 09:01.808 --> 09:02.541 WHETHER IT'S A LIFESTYLE, AND THAT MAKES THEM WANT TO DO IT, 09:02.543 --> 09:05.977 THAT MAKES THEM WANT TO DO IT, THEN, YOU KNOW, THAT'S GOING TO 09:05.979 --> 09:09.848 THEN, YOU KNOW, THAT'S GOING TO MAKE MY HUSBAND AND I HAPPY. 09:09.850 --> 09:11.883 MAKE MY HUSBAND AND I HAPPY. >> OUR NEIGHBOR TO THE WEST, 09:11.885 --> 09:13.785 >> OUR NEIGHBOR TO THE WEST, CALIFORNIA, IS IN AN EPIC 09:13.787 --> 09:14.119 CALIFORNIA, IS IN AN EPIC DROUGHT. 09:14.121 --> 09:15.453 DROUGHT. ARIZONA MONITORS THE GOLDEN 09:15.455 --> 09:17.289 ARIZONA MONITORS THE GOLDEN STATE'S WATER RESOURCES BECAUSE 09:17.291 --> 09:19.457 STATE'S WATER RESOURCES BECAUSE THE TWO STATES SHARE USE OF THE 09:19.459 --> 09:20.892 THE TWO STATES SHARE USE OF THE COLORADO RIVER. 09:20.894 --> 09:27.699 COLORADO RIVER. HERE NOW IS ARIZONA PUBLIC MEDIA 09:27.701 --> 09:31.903 HERE NOW IS ARIZONA PUBLIC MEDIA VANESSA BARCHFIELD WITH MICHAEL 09:31.905 --> 09:32.237 VANESSA BARCHFIELD WITH MICHAEL LACEY. 09:32.239 --> 09:32.971 LACEY. >> THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME 09:32.973 --> 09:33.572 >> THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO SPEAK WITH US TODAY. 09:33.574 --> 09:34.306 TO SPEAK WITH US TODAY. ACCORDING TO YOUR DEPARTMENT'S 09:34.308 --> 09:38.777 ACCORDING TO YOUR DEPARTMENT'S STREAMIC -- STRATEGIC VISION FOR 09:38.779 --> 09:41.846 STREAMIC -- STRATEGIC VISION FOR SUSTAINABILITY, ARIZONA ISN'T 09:41.848 --> 09:42.480 SUSTAINABILITY, ARIZONA ISN'T FACING AN IMMEDIATE WATER 09:42.482 --> 09:42.814 FACING AN IMMEDIATE WATER CRISIS. 09:42.816 --> 09:43.515 CRISIS. WHAT DO YOU DEFINE AS CRISIS? 09:43.517 --> 09:44.349 WHAT DO YOU DEFINE AS CRISIS? >> THE VISION WAS A LONG-TERM 09:44.351 --> 09:45.050 >> THE VISION WAS A LONG-TERM LOOK AT SUPPLIES AND DEMANDS. 09:45.052 --> 09:47.752 LOOK AT SUPPLIES AND DEMANDS. SO THERE MAY BE AREAS IN THE 09:47.754 --> 09:53.058 SO THERE MAY BE AREAS IN THE STATE THAT HAVE SHORT-TERM 09:53.060 --> 09:54.359 STATE THAT HAVE SHORT-TERM ISSUES WITH DROUGHT IMPACTING 09:54.361 --> 09:54.893 ISSUES WITH DROUGHT IMPACTING AVAILABLE SUPPLIES. 09:54.895 --> 09:55.560 AVAILABLE SUPPLIES. BUT THE VISION WAS REALLY A 09:55.562 --> 09:58.597 BUT THE VISION WAS REALLY A LARGER LOOK AT SORT OF MORE 09:58.599 --> 09:59.331 LARGER LOOK AT SORT OF MORE NORMAL AVERAGE CONDITIONS ACROSS 09:59.333 --> 09:59.698 NORMAL AVERAGE CONDITIONS ACROSS THE STATE. 09:59.700 --> 10:05.303 THE STATE. THERE ARE INDUSTRIES THAT ARE 10:05.305 --> 10:07.105 THERE ARE INDUSTRIES THAT ARE IMPACTED, WE'RE IN OUR 14th YEAR 10:07.107 --> 10:09.808 IMPACTED, WE'RE IN OUR 14th YEAR OF DROUGHT CONDITIONS ACROSS THE 10:09.810 --> 10:10.442 OF DROUGHT CONDITIONS ACROSS THE STATE. 10:10.444 --> 10:11.610 STATE. THE LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY FOR 10:11.612 --> 10:12.344 THE LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY FOR EXAMPLE AND SOME WILDLIFE USES 10:12.346 --> 10:16.915 EXAMPLE AND SOME WILDLIFE USES HAVE SEEN IMPACTS. 10:16.917 --> 10:18.416 HAVE SEEN IMPACTS. FROM THESE DROUGHT CONDITIONS. 10:18.418 --> 10:21.386 FROM THESE DROUGHT CONDITIONS. AND WE'RE EXPERIENCING THOSE 10:21.388 --> 10:21.720 AND WE'RE EXPERIENCING THOSE TODAY. 10:21.722 --> 10:23.021 TODAY. >> IS POPULATION GROWTH 10:23.023 --> 10:24.389 >> IS POPULATION GROWTH OUTPACING WATER SUPPLY ONE OF 10:24.391 --> 10:26.758 OUTPACING WATER SUPPLY ONE OF THE STATE'S MOST PRESSING WATER 10:26.760 --> 10:27.158 THE STATE'S MOST PRESSING WATER CHALLENGES? 10:27.160 --> 10:28.927 CHALLENGES? >> IT'S NOT THE MOST PRESSING 10:28.929 --> 10:29.561 >> IT'S NOT THE MOST PRESSING WATER CHALLENGE. 10:29.563 --> 10:30.929 WATER CHALLENGE. BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE SEE 10:30.931 --> 10:31.529 BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE SEE ON THE HORIZON. 10:31.531 --> 10:32.263 ON THE HORIZON. IT'S REALLY WHAT THE VISION WAS 10:32.265 --> 10:32.564 IT'S REALLY WHAT THE VISION WAS ABOUT. 10:32.566 --> 10:38.169 ABOUT. WAS LOOKING AT GROWTH ASSOCIATED 10:38.171 --> 10:39.170 WAS LOOKING AT GROWTH ASSOCIATED WITH CONTINUED ECONOMIC GROWTH 10:39.172 --> 10:39.938 WITH CONTINUED ECONOMIC GROWTH OF THE STATE, THE SUPPLIES THAT 10:39.940 --> 10:40.672 OF THE STATE, THE SUPPLIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO MEET THAT AND 10:40.674 --> 10:43.108 ARE AVAILABLE TO MEET THAT AND WE DO SEE WHAT WE HAVE 10:43.110 --> 10:43.808 WE DO SEE WHAT WE HAVE CHARACTERIZED AS AN IMBALANCE 10:43.810 --> 10:45.410 CHARACTERIZED AS AN IMBALANCE BETWEEN THE AVAILABLE SUPPLIES 10:45.412 --> 10:52.017 BETWEEN THE AVAILABLE SUPPLIES AND DEMANDS AS WE LOOK INTO THE 10:52.019 --> 10:52.350 AND DEMANDS AS WE LOOK INTO THE FUTURE. 10:52.352 --> 10:52.984 FUTURE. >> YOU MENTIONED ECONOMIC 10:52.986 --> 10:53.318 >> YOU MENTIONED ECONOMIC GROWTH. 10:53.320 --> 10:54.052 GROWTH. DO YOU THINK THAT WATER SUPPLY 10:54.054 --> 10:57.722 DO YOU THINK THAT WATER SUPPLY COULD POTENTIALLY CONSTRAIN 10:57.724 --> 10:58.423 COULD POTENTIALLY CONSTRAIN ECONOMIC GROWTH GOING FORWARD? 10:58.425 --> 11:02.560 ECONOMIC GROWTH GOING FORWARD? >> IF WE DO NOTHING WE WILL -- 11:02.562 --> 11:05.463 >> IF WE DO NOTHING WE WILL -- THERE ARE LAWS AND RULES THAT WE 11:05.465 --> 11:06.097 THERE ARE LAWS AND RULES THAT WE MANAGE THAT WILL ACTUALLY 11:06.099 --> 11:06.598 MANAGE THAT WILL ACTUALLY CONSTRAIN GROWTH. 11:06.600 --> 11:11.936 CONSTRAIN GROWTH. THOSE CONSTRAINTS ARE ALREADY IN 11:11.938 --> 11:17.509 THOSE CONSTRAINTS ARE ALREADY IN PLACE WITHIN OUR ASSURED AND 11:17.511 --> 11:18.877 PLACE WITHIN OUR ASSURED AND ADEQUATE SUPPLY RULES. 11:18.879 --> 11:20.879 ADEQUATE SUPPLY RULES. OUR ABILITY TO CONTINUE TO GROW 11:20.881 --> 11:22.614 OUR ABILITY TO CONTINUE TO GROW WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SUPPLIES 11:22.616 --> 11:23.515 WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SUPPLIES BEING ACQUIRED. 11:23.517 --> 11:25.483 BEING ACQUIRED. >> WHAT DO YOU SEE AS THOSE 11:25.485 --> 11:26.618 >> WHAT DO YOU SEE AS THOSE ADDITIONAL SOURCES OF WATER? 11:26.620 --> 11:27.352 ADDITIONAL SOURCES OF WATER? >> ARIZONA HAS BEEN A LEADER IN 11:27.354 --> 11:28.019 >> ARIZONA HAS BEEN A LEADER IN WATER CONSERVATION EFFORTS. 11:28.021 --> 11:31.022 WATER CONSERVATION EFFORTS. AND WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT 11:31.024 --> 11:31.723 AND WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT THOSE EFFORTS CONTINUE AND BE 11:31.725 --> 11:33.725 THOSE EFFORTS CONTINUE AND BE INCREASED AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 11:33.727 --> 11:37.829 INCREASED AS WE MOVE FORWARD. WE'RE ALSO A LEADER IN THE REUSE 11:37.831 --> 11:39.330 WE'RE ALSO A LEADER IN THE REUSE OF RECLAIMED WATER. 11:39.332 --> 11:42.033 OF RECLAIMED WATER. AS WE LOOK AT THE IMBALANCES 11:42.035 --> 11:42.767 AS WE LOOK AT THE IMBALANCES THAT WE ARE PROJECTING WE THINK 11:42.769 --> 11:43.501 THAT WE ARE PROJECTING WE THINK WE CAN CUT THOSE IN HALF BY AN 11:43.503 --> 11:48.440 WE CAN CUT THOSE IN HALF BY AN AGGRESSIVE RECLAIMED WATER REUSE 11:48.442 --> 11:48.773 AGGRESSIVE RECLAIMED WATER REUSE PROGRAM. 11:48.775 --> 11:50.175 PROGRAM. BUT ULTIMATELY WE'RE LOOKING AT 11:50.177 --> 11:50.875 BUT ULTIMATELY WE'RE LOOKING AT NEEDING TO BRING IN SUPPLIES 11:50.877 --> 11:51.609 NEEDING TO BRING IN SUPPLIES FROM OUTSIDE THE STATE IN ORDER 11:51.611 --> 11:55.480 FROM OUTSIDE THE STATE IN ORDER TO CONTINUE -- CONTINUE TO MEET 11:55.482 --> 11:56.147 TO CONTINUE -- CONTINUE TO MEET OUR DEMANDS, OUR PROJECTED 11:56.149 --> 11:56.481 OUR DEMANDS, OUR PROJECTED DEMANDS. 11:56.483 --> 12:02.887 DEMANDS. AND WE'RE LOOKING AT SEA WATER 12:02.889 --> 12:05.857 AND WE'RE LOOKING AT SEA WATER DESALINATION AS WHAT WE THINK -- 12:05.859 --> 12:06.591 DESALINATION AS WHAT WE THINK -- SORT OF WHAT WE CHARACTERIZE AS 12:06.593 --> 12:07.959 SORT OF WHAT WE CHARACTERIZE AS THE NEXT BUCKET FOR ARIZONA. 12:07.961 --> 12:10.095 THE NEXT BUCKET FOR ARIZONA. >> DESALINATION IS OF COURSE 12:10.097 --> 12:10.595 >> DESALINATION IS OF COURSE VERY PRICEY. 12:10.597 --> 12:11.262 VERY PRICEY. WHERE DO YOU SEE THE FUNDS 12:11.264 --> 12:11.663 WHERE DO YOU SEE THE FUNDS COMING FROM? 12:11.665 --> 12:13.531 COMING FROM? >> IT IS GOING TO BE AN 12:13.533 --> 12:16.534 >> IT IS GOING TO BE AN EXPENSIVE SUPPLY, BUT AS YOU 12:16.536 --> 12:17.202 EXPENSIVE SUPPLY, BUT AS YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS IN THE 12:17.204 --> 12:19.738 LOOK AT THE NUMBERS IN THE GREATER SCHEME OF THINGS WE 12:19.740 --> 12:20.472 GREATER SCHEME OF THINGS WE SPEND MONEY ON, WE DON'T THINK 12:20.474 --> 12:28.046 SPEND MONEY ON, WE DON'T THINK IT'S AFFORDABLE AND WE THINK THE 12:28.048 --> 12:29.948 IT'S AFFORDABLE AND WE THINK THE GROWTH THAT WILL BE ASSOCIATED 12:29.950 --> 12:31.349 GROWTH THAT WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH IT AND THE PROSPERITY WILL 12:31.351 --> 12:32.851 WITH IT AND THE PROSPERITY WILL BE MORE THAN SUFFICIENT TO 12:32.853 --> 12:33.885 BE MORE THAN SUFFICIENT TO OVERCOME THOSE EXPENSES. 12:33.887 --> 12:36.087 OVERCOME THOSE EXPENSES. >> YOU MENTIONED CONSERVATION AS 12:36.089 --> 12:36.387 >> YOU MENTIONED CONSERVATION AS WELL. 12:36.389 --> 12:38.356 WELL. DO YOU EXPECT THE END USERS WILL 12:38.358 --> 12:40.024 DO YOU EXPECT THE END USERS WILL FEEL THE EFFECTS OF MORE 12:40.026 --> 12:43.328 FEEL THE EFFECTS OF MORE CONSERVATION MEASURES IN THE 12:43.330 --> 12:43.762 CONSERVATION MEASURES IN THE COMING YEARS? 12:43.764 --> 12:44.496 COMING YEARS? >> YEAH, THE STATE'S DEVELOPED 12:44.498 --> 12:45.230 >> YEAH, THE STATE'S DEVELOPED KIND OF A CONSERVATION ETHIC AND 12:45.232 --> 12:48.032 KIND OF A CONSERVATION ETHIC AND INCREASING THOSE EFFORTS WILL BE 12:48.034 --> 12:49.200 INCREASING THOSE EFFORTS WILL BE NECESSARY. 12:49.202 --> 12:52.437 NECESSARY. WE ALSO MAY SEE SHORT TERM 12:52.439 --> 12:57.242 WE ALSO MAY SEE SHORT TERM DROUGHT CONDITIONS RESULTING IN 12:57.244 --> 13:03.815 DROUGHT CONDITIONS RESULTING IN REDUCED WATER DELIVERIES 13:03.817 --> 13:05.850 REDUCED WATER DELIVERIES AND CONSERVATION LISTEN A BIG 13:05.852 --> 13:06.584 AND CONSERVATION LISTEN A BIG PART OF HOW WE RESPOND TO THOSE 13:06.586 --> 13:07.118 PART OF HOW WE RESPOND TO THOSE REDUCED DELIVERIES. 13:07.120 --> 13:15.660 REDUCED DELIVERIES. >> DO YOU THINK THAT A TOILET TO 13:15.662 --> 13:17.562 >> DO YOU THINK THAT A TOILET TO C.A.P. PROJECT IS INEVITABLE TO 13:17.564 --> 13:17.896 C.A.P. PROJECT IS INEVITABLE TO ARIZONA? 13:17.898 --> 13:19.597 ARIZONA? >> WE THINK REUSING EVERY DROP 13:19.599 --> 13:20.265 >> WE THINK REUSING EVERY DROP OF WATER IS AN ECONOMICALLY 13:20.267 --> 13:20.965 OF WATER IS AN ECONOMICALLY VIABLE THING FOR US TO DO AND 13:20.967 --> 13:22.600 VIABLE THING FOR US TO DO AND WILL ALLOW US TO REDUCE THE 13:22.602 --> 13:28.706 WILL ALLOW US TO REDUCE THE COSTS ON THE SEA WATER 13:28.708 --> 13:30.708 COSTS ON THE SEA WATER DESALINATION OPTION. 13:30.710 --> 13:33.678 DESALINATION OPTION. SO WE CAN IMPORT LESS WATER THAN 13:33.680 --> 13:34.112 SO WE CAN IMPORT LESS WATER THAN IS NECESSARY. 13:34.114 --> 13:38.383 IS NECESSARY. BUT WE ALSO HAVE DIRECT 13:38.385 --> 13:41.286 BUT WE ALSO HAVE DIRECT POTABLE -- WHICH IS A GENTLER 13:41.288 --> 13:42.620 POTABLE -- WHICH IS A GENTLER WAY TO SAY THAT THE TOILET TO 13:42.622 --> 13:43.955 WAY TO SAY THAT THE TOILET TO TAP ALTERNATIVE, WE HAVE PUT 13:43.957 --> 13:46.124 TAP ALTERNATIVE, WE HAVE PUT THAT ON THE TABLE AND WE ARE 13:46.126 --> 13:46.925 THAT ON THE TABLE AND WE ARE SUGGESTING TO WORK ON THAT. 13:46.927 --> 13:49.027 SUGGESTING TO WORK ON THAT. >> RECYCLED WATER IS OFTEN 13:49.029 --> 13:50.662 >> RECYCLED WATER IS OFTEN ACTUALLY CLEANER THAN WATER FROM 13:50.664 --> 13:51.095 ACTUALLY CLEANER THAN WATER FROM OTHER SOURCES. 13:51.097 --> 13:51.830 OTHER SOURCES. WHAT DO YOU THINK IT WILL TAKE 13:51.832 --> 13:55.900 WHAT DO YOU THINK IT WILL TAKE TO CONVINCE THE PUBLIC TO ACCEPT 13:55.902 --> 13:56.167 TO CONVINCE THE PUBLIC TO ACCEPT IT? 13:56.169 --> 13:57.302 IT? >> THE KEY IS GOING TO BE A 13:57.304 --> 14:01.172 >> THE KEY IS GOING TO BE A FOCUS ON THE QUALITY OF THE 14:01.174 --> 14:04.309 FOCUS ON THE QUALITY OF THE SUPPLY THAT'S BEING DELIVERED AS 14:04.311 --> 14:05.577 SUPPLY THAT'S BEING DELIVERED AS OPPOSED TO WHAT PATH IT TOOK TO 14:05.579 --> 14:06.377 OPPOSED TO WHAT PATH IT TOOK TO GET TO THE TAP. 14:06.379 --> 14:08.947 GET TO THE TAP. >> TO MANAGE THE DROUGHT, CITIES 14:08.949 --> 14:09.914 >> TO MANAGE THE DROUGHT, CITIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE HAVE 14:09.916 --> 14:11.349 THROUGHOUT THE STATE HAVE HARVESTING PROGRAMS FOR THEIR 14:11.351 --> 14:11.716 HARVESTING PROGRAMS FOR THEIR CUSTOMERS. 14:11.718 --> 14:15.854 CUSTOMERS. PROGRAMS THAT OFFER INSENTIVES. 14:15.856 --> 14:19.224 PROGRAMS THAT OFFER INSENTIVES. HERE IS ALEXANDRA SALAZAR. 14:19.226 --> 14:21.326 HERE IS ALEXANDRA SALAZAR. >> WELL, YOU CAN SEE I'M SMILING 14:21.328 --> 14:21.693 >> WELL, YOU CAN SEE I'M SMILING RIGHT NOW. 14:21.695 --> 14:22.193 RIGHT NOW. I LOVE TO GARDEN. 14:22.195 --> 14:26.664 I LOVE TO GARDEN. I GET A TREMENDOUS -- A 14:26.666 --> 14:31.636 I GET A TREMENDOUS -- A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF ENJOYMENT 14:31.638 --> 14:32.136 TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF ENJOYMENT OUT OF GARDENING. 14:32.138 --> 14:33.738 OUT OF GARDENING. >> SOME MIGHT SAY IT'S UNUSUAL 14:33.740 --> 14:35.206 >> SOME MIGHT SAY IT'S UNUSUAL BUT NOT THIS MAN. 14:35.208 --> 14:36.841 BUT NOT THIS MAN. HE'S BEEN HARVESTING RAINWATER 14:36.843 --> 14:37.742 HE'S BEEN HARVESTING RAINWATER FOR FIVE YEARS. 14:37.744 --> 14:40.511 FOR FIVE YEARS. >> THIS IS A 5,000 GALLON TANK. 14:40.513 --> 14:41.246 >> THIS IS A 5,000 GALLON TANK. IT'S ALMOST 12 FEET IN DIAMETER. 14:41.248 --> 14:46.851 IT'S ALMOST 12 FEET IN DIAMETER. SEVEN FEET TALL AND WE HAVE IN 14:46.853 --> 14:48.753 SEVEN FEET TALL AND WE HAVE IN OUR HOUSE ABOUT 3,500 SQUARE 14:48.755 --> 14:52.790 OUR HOUSE ABOUT 3,500 SQUARE FEET OF ROOF WHERE THAT -- WHERE 14:52.792 --> 14:54.092 FEET OF ROOF WHERE THAT -- WHERE I COULD CAPTURE THE WATER. 14:54.094 --> 14:54.826 I COULD CAPTURE THE WATER. AND WHAT THAT TRANSLATES IS FOR 14:54.828 --> 15:04.269 AND WHAT THAT TRANSLATES IS FOR EVERY INCH OF RAIN THAT WE HAVE, 15:04.271 --> 15:04.969 EVERY INCH OF RAIN THAT WE HAVE, I CAN PUT APPROXIMATELY 2,000 15:04.971 --> 15:09.807 I CAN PUT APPROXIMATELY 2,000 GALLONS INTO THE CISTERN TANK. 15:09.809 --> 15:12.911 GALLONS INTO THE CISTERN TANK. >> THE RETIRED ACCOUNTANT WANTS 15:12.913 --> 15:15.346 >> THE RETIRED ACCOUNTANT WANTS TO SEE TUCSONANS GET MORE 15:15.348 --> 15:16.948 TO SEE TUCSONANS GET MORE INVOLVED IN WATER CONSERVATION. 15:16.950 --> 15:18.816 INVOLVED IN WATER CONSERVATION. >> I TRULY BELIEVE IN WATER 15:18.818 --> 15:19.217 >> I TRULY BELIEVE IN WATER HARVESTING. 15:19.219 --> 15:19.951 HARVESTING. I THINK IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO 15:19.953 --> 15:20.218 I THINK IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO. 15:20.220 --> 15:20.952 DO. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE OUR STATE, 15:20.954 --> 15:26.024 I WOULD LIKE TO SEE OUR STATE, OUR COUNTIES, OUR GOVERNMENTS, 15:26.026 --> 15:26.724 OUR COUNTIES, OUR GOVERNMENTS, WHEREVER THEY ARE, TO DO MORE 15:26.726 --> 15:32.630 WHEREVER THEY ARE, TO DO MORE AND MORE -- CREATE MORE AND MORE 15:32.632 --> 15:34.399 AND MORE -- CREATE MORE AND MORE INCENTIVES AND TRY AND HAVE MORE 15:34.401 --> 15:36.234 INCENTIVES AND TRY AND HAVE MORE AND MORE PEOPLE HARVESTING 15:36.236 --> 15:36.534 AND MORE PEOPLE HARVESTING WATER. 15:36.536 --> 15:39.470 WATER. MUCH OF THE WATER GETS WASTED. 15:39.472 --> 15:40.171 MUCH OF THE WATER GETS WASTED. WE GET THE HEAVY RAINS AND IT 15:40.173 --> 15:40.538 WE GET THE HEAVY RAINS AND IT GOES DOWN. 15:40.540 --> 15:45.009 GOES DOWN. YES, A FARMER POSSIBLY DOWN 15:45.011 --> 15:53.484 YES, A FARMER POSSIBLY DOWN SANTA CRUZ RIVER MIGHT GET THE 15:53.486 --> 15:53.918 SANTA CRUZ RIVER MIGHT GET THE BENEFIT OF IT. 15:53.920 --> 15:54.585 BENEFIT OF IT. BUT A LOT BECOMES A RUNOFF. 15:54.587 --> 15:55.153 BUT A LOT BECOMES A RUNOFF. >> THIS IS THE PUBLIC 15:55.155 --> 15:55.887 >> THIS IS THE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER FOR TUCSON 15:55.889 --> 15:56.955 INFORMATION OFFICER FOR TUCSON WATER AND HE SAID TUCSON WON'T 15:56.957 --> 15:57.689 WATER AND HE SAID TUCSON WON'T HAVE A WATER SHORTAGE ANY TIME 15:57.691 --> 15:57.989 HAVE A WATER SHORTAGE ANY TIME SOON. 15:57.991 --> 16:00.959 SOON. >> YOU KNOW, TUCSON WATER HAS 16:00.961 --> 16:02.193 >> YOU KNOW, TUCSON WATER HAS DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB LOOKING 16:02.195 --> 16:02.627 DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB LOOKING TO THE FUTURE. 16:02.629 --> 16:05.563 TO THE FUTURE. AND SO WE FIND OURSELVES TODAY 16:05.565 --> 16:10.468 AND SO WE FIND OURSELVES TODAY IN 2014 REALLY BENEFITING FROM 16:10.470 --> 16:11.202 IN 2014 REALLY BENEFITING FROM THE PLANNING THAT STARTED 20 AND 16:11.204 --> 16:11.636 THE PLANNING THAT STARTED 20 AND 30 YEARS AGO. 16:11.638 --> 16:17.041 30 YEARS AGO. SO WE'VE DEVELOPED ADEQUATE 16:17.043 --> 16:17.742 SO WE'VE DEVELOPED ADEQUATE RENEWABLE WATER SUPPLIES WELL 16:17.744 --> 16:18.209 RENEWABLE WATER SUPPLIES WELL INTO THE FUTURE. 16:18.211 --> 16:21.412 INTO THE FUTURE. SO WE'RE USING OUR COLORADO 16:21.414 --> 16:22.180 SO WE'RE USING OUR COLORADO RIVER WATER. 16:22.182 --> 16:23.982 RIVER WATER. >> MOLINA SAYS MUCH OF ARIZONA 16:23.984 --> 16:26.250 >> MOLINA SAYS MUCH OF ARIZONA GETS ITS WATER FROM THE CENTRAL 16:26.252 --> 16:27.085 GETS ITS WATER FROM THE CENTRAL ARIZONA PROJECT. 16:27.087 --> 16:28.920 ARIZONA PROJECT. >> THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT 16:28.922 --> 16:32.657 >> THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT RESOURCE FOR US HERE, BECAUSE 16:32.659 --> 16:33.324 RESOURCE FOR US HERE, BECAUSE USING THE RENEWABLE SUPPLY 16:33.326 --> 16:35.526 USING THE RENEWABLE SUPPLY ALLOWS US TO NOT PUMP OUR NATIVE 16:35.528 --> 16:35.927 ALLOWS US TO NOT PUMP OUR NATIVE GROUNDWATER. 16:35.929 --> 16:36.594 GROUNDWATER. THE OTHER RENEWABLE SUPPLY 16:36.596 --> 16:38.396 THE OTHER RENEWABLE SUPPLY AVAILABLE IN TUCSON IS OUR 16:38.398 --> 16:39.063 AVAILABLE IN TUCSON IS OUR RECYCLED WATER OR RECLAIMED 16:39.065 --> 16:43.701 RECYCLED WATER OR RECLAIMED WATER THAT WE USE PRIMARILY FOR 16:43.703 --> 16:46.471 WATER THAT WE USE PRIMARILY FOR IRRIGATING PARKS, SCHOOLS, GOLF 16:46.473 --> 16:47.872 IRRIGATING PARKS, SCHOOLS, GOLF COURSES, PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAYS. 16:47.874 --> 16:50.008 COURSES, PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAYS. >> WATER EXPERTS SAY THE GRAND 16:50.010 --> 16:51.042 >> WATER EXPERTS SAY THE GRAND CANYON STATE IS IN GOOD SHAPE 16:51.044 --> 16:53.344 CANYON STATE IS IN GOOD SHAPE WHEN IT COMES TO WATER SUPPLY. 16:53.346 --> 16:54.245 WHEN IT COMES TO WATER SUPPLY. BUT PEOPLE SHOULD ALWAYS TRY TO 16:54.247 --> 16:54.612 BUT PEOPLE SHOULD ALWAYS TRY TO CONSERVE. 16:54.614 --> 16:58.916 CONSERVE. >> DROUGHT WILL NOT AFFECT 16:58.918 --> 17:00.985 >> DROUGHT WILL NOT AFFECT CUSTOMERS HERE AT TUCSON WATER 17:00.987 --> 17:02.053 CUSTOMERS HERE AT TUCSON WATER LIKE IT MIGHT IN OTHER 17:02.055 --> 17:03.154 LIKE IT MIGHT IN OTHER COMMUNITIES OR LIKE WE'RE SEEING 17:03.156 --> 17:03.721 COMMUNITIES OR LIKE WE'RE SEEING IN CALIFORNIA. 17:03.723 --> 17:04.455 IN CALIFORNIA. ONCE A SHORTAGE IS DECLARED ON 17:04.457 --> 17:05.189 ONCE A SHORTAGE IS DECLARED ON THE COLORADO RIVER, THAT MEANS 17:05.191 --> 17:08.092 THE COLORADO RIVER, THAT MEANS THAT WATER LEVELS HAVE DROPPED 17:08.094 --> 17:11.963 THAT WATER LEVELS HAVE DROPPED IN THE LAKES TO A POINT WHERE 17:11.965 --> 17:13.631 IN THE LAKES TO A POINT WHERE CERTAIN PROVISIONS HAVE TO KICK 17:13.633 --> 17:13.898 CERTAIN PROVISIONS HAVE TO KICK IN. 17:13.900 --> 17:14.599 IN. THAT RESULTS IN A SHORTAGE OF 17:14.601 --> 17:18.970 THAT RESULTS IN A SHORTAGE OF WATER DELIVERIES TO ARIZONA. 17:18.972 --> 17:19.604 WATER DELIVERIES TO ARIZONA. INTERNALLY WITHIN ARIZONA 17:19.606 --> 17:20.338 INTERNALLY WITHIN ARIZONA THERE'S A PROCESS SET IN PLACE 17:20.340 --> 17:24.575 THERE'S A PROCESS SET IN PLACE THAT PRIORITIZES WHO GETS THOSE 17:24.577 --> 17:25.510 THAT PRIORITIZES WHO GETS THOSE REDUCTIONS IN WATER USE AND WHEN 17:25.512 --> 17:25.977 REDUCTIONS IN WATER USE AND WHEN THEY GET THEM. 17:25.979 --> 17:26.711 THEY GET THEM. >> FOR NOW, THERE ARE NO MAJOR 17:26.713 --> 17:29.514 >> FOR NOW, THERE ARE NO MAJOR CONCERNS. 17:29.516 --> 17:31.015 CONCERNS. >> FORTUNATELY, MUNICIPALITIES, 17:31.017 --> 17:33.084 >> FORTUNATELY, MUNICIPALITIES, THE CITIES, THE URBAN AREAS, 17:33.086 --> 17:35.219 THE CITIES, THE URBAN AREAS, HAVE THE HIGHEST PRIORITY WATER. 17:35.221 --> 17:39.190 HAVE THE HIGHEST PRIORITY WATER. SO THEY WILL BE THE LAST ONES TO 17:39.192 --> 17:41.059 SO THEY WILL BE THE LAST ONES TO RECEIVE ANY CUTBACKS OFF OF THE 17:41.061 --> 17:42.093 RECEIVE ANY CUTBACKS OFF OF THE C.A.P. SYSTEM. 17:42.095 --> 17:43.795 C.A.P. SYSTEM. TODAY, BECAUSE THIS IS ALL NEW, 17:43.797 --> 17:46.631 TODAY, BECAUSE THIS IS ALL NEW, WE HAVE NEVER GONE THROUGH THE 17:46.633 --> 17:46.964 WE HAVE NEVER GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS. 17:46.966 --> 17:47.999 PROCESS. WE ANTICIPATE IT COULD BE 10 TO 17:48.001 --> 17:50.068 WE ANTICIPATE IT COULD BE 10 TO 20 YEARS FROM THE DATE THAT THE 17:50.070 --> 17:53.337 20 YEARS FROM THE DATE THAT THE SHORTAGE IS ON THE COLORADO RIFF 17:53.339 --> 17:56.240 SHORTAGE IS ON THE COLORADO RIFF TORE THE POINT WHERE THE IMPACT 17:56.242 --> 17:57.809 TORE THE POINT WHERE THE IMPACT MIGHT HIT THE MUNICIPALITIES. 17:57.811 --> 17:59.977 MIGHT HIT THE MUNICIPALITIES. >> AND TUCSON OFFERS REBATES TO 17:59.979 --> 18:01.312 >> AND TUCSON OFFERS REBATES TO THOSE WHO CONSERVE WATER. 18:01.314 --> 18:01.979 THOSE WHO CONSERVE WATER. >> BY AND LARGE, THE REBATE 18:01.981 --> 18:05.817 >> BY AND LARGE, THE REBATE PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL. 18:05.819 --> 18:07.952 PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL. WE STILL HAVE HIGH ATTENDANCE AT 18:07.954 --> 18:09.053 WE STILL HAVE HIGH ATTENDANCE AT ALL OF OUR WORKSHOPS THAT WE 18:09.055 --> 18:09.554 ALL OF OUR WORKSHOPS THAT WE OFFER FOR PEOPLE. 18:09.556 --> 18:14.292 OFFER FOR PEOPLE. OUR REBATE PROGRAMS ARE DOING 18:14.294 --> 18:14.692 OUR REBATE PROGRAMS ARE DOING REALLY WELL. 18:14.694 --> 18:15.359 REALLY WELL. I MEAN, EVERYTHING FROM THE 18:15.361 --> 18:17.595 I MEAN, EVERYTHING FROM THE TOILET REBATE PROGRAMS TO 18:17.597 --> 18:18.296 TOILET REBATE PROGRAMS TO RAINWATER HARVESTING HAS BEEN 18:18.298 --> 18:19.797 RAINWATER HARVESTING HAS BEEN ALSO VERY SUCCESSFUL. 18:19.799 --> 18:23.868 ALSO VERY SUCCESSFUL. >> AN IDEAL SYSTEM FOR PEOPLE 18:23.870 --> 18:25.269 >> AN IDEAL SYSTEM FOR PEOPLE SUCH AS CAM WHO SAYS EVERY TIME 18:25.271 --> 18:25.937 SUCH AS CAM WHO SAYS EVERY TIME IT RAINS, ALL THIS MAKES IT 18:25.939 --> 18:28.206 IT RAINS, ALL THIS MAKES IT WORTHWHILE. 18:28.208 --> 18:28.906 WORTHWHILE. >> LAST SATURDAY NIGHT WE HAD 18:28.908 --> 18:33.911 >> LAST SATURDAY NIGHT WE HAD RAIN DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY. 18:33.913 --> 18:36.848 RAIN DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY. MY WIFE AND I WERE OUT, BUT WHEN 18:36.850 --> 18:40.284 MY WIFE AND I WERE OUT, BUT WHEN I CAME BACK IN AND I HAD ALREADY 18:40.286 --> 18:43.254 I CAME BACK IN AND I HAD ALREADY PICKED UP 20 HUNDREDTHS OF AN 18:43.256 --> 18:43.988 PICKED UP 20 HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH AT THAT POINT AND THEN IT 18:43.990 --> 18:44.388 INCH AT THAT POINT AND THEN IT WOKE ME UP. 18:44.390 --> 18:45.690 WOKE ME UP. I WILL TELL YOU THAT THAT 18:45.692 --> 18:46.958 I WILL TELL YOU THAT THAT HAPPENS ON OCCASION. 18:46.960 --> 18:48.593 HAPPENS ON OCCASION. PARTICULARLY IN THE MONSOON 18:48.595 --> 18:48.960 PARTICULARLY IN THE MONSOON OCCASION. 18:48.962 --> 18:49.660 OCCASION. I WILL HEAR THE WATER ROLLING 18:49.662 --> 18:50.394 I WILL HEAR THE WATER ROLLING THROUGH THE GUTTERS AND ROLLING 18:50.396 --> 18:53.731 THROUGH THE GUTTERS AND ROLLING IN AND YES, THERE IS A -- 18:53.733 --> 18:54.365 IN AND YES, THERE IS A -- THERE'S THAT LITTLE HAPPY 18:54.367 --> 18:58.302 THERE'S THAT LITTLE HAPPY FEELING THAT I'M CAPTURING WATER 18:58.304 --> 18:59.637 FEELING THAT I'M CAPTURING WATER AND MY GARDEN IS GOING TO LOVE 18:59.639 --> 18:59.904 AND MY GARDEN IS GOING TO LOVE IT. 18:59.906 --> 19:00.638 IT. >> THE RESULT IS A DESERT GARDEN 19:00.640 --> 19:04.475 >> THE RESULT IS A DESERT GARDEN IN BLOOM. 19:04.477 --> 19:05.209 IN BLOOM. FOR "ARIZONA WEEK" I'M ALEXANDRA 19:05.211 --> 19:08.880 FOR "ARIZONA WEEK" I'M ALEXANDRA SALAZAR. 19:08.882 --> 19:10.681 SALAZAR. >>> JUST THIS WEEK, CITY LEADERS 19:10.683 --> 19:12.116 >>> JUST THIS WEEK, CITY LEADERS IN THE NORTHERN ARIZONA 19:12.118 --> 19:13.751 IN THE NORTHERN ARIZONA COMMUNITY OF WILLIAMS ISSUED A 19:13.753 --> 19:15.520 COMMUNITY OF WILLIAMS ISSUED A LEVEL 4 WATER CRISIS. 19:15.522 --> 19:19.924 LEVEL 4 WATER CRISIS. AND ASKED RESIDENTS TO CONSERVE. 19:19.926 --> 19:21.893 AND ASKED RESIDENTS TO CONSERVE. DESPITE THIS EARLY SEASON 19:21.895 --> 19:23.661 DESPITE THIS EARLY SEASON WARNING, THEY SAY THE STATE IS 19:23.663 --> 19:25.496 WARNING, THEY SAY THE STATE IS NOT IN IMMEDIATE DANGER BUT 19:25.498 --> 19:27.665 NOT IN IMMEDIATE DANGER BUT THERE MAY BE CONCERN FOR THE 19:27.667 --> 19:27.999 THERE MAY BE CONCERN FOR THE FUTURE. 19:28.001 --> 19:29.000 FUTURE. SHARON MEGDAL, THE DIRECTOR OF 19:29.002 --> 19:29.734 SHARON MEGDAL, THE DIRECTOR OF THE WATER RESEARCH CENTER, THANK 19:29.736 --> 19:33.204 THE WATER RESEARCH CENTER, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 19:33.206 --> 19:35.273 YOU FOR BEING HERE. LET'S TALK ABOUT ARIZONA'S WATER 19:35.275 --> 19:35.640 LET'S TALK ABOUT ARIZONA'S WATER SITUATION. 19:35.642 --> 19:36.374 SITUATION. WHERE DOES ARIZONA GET ITS WATER 19:36.376 --> 19:36.674 WHERE DOES ARIZONA GET ITS WATER FROM? 19:36.676 --> 19:38.075 FROM? >> ARIZONA GETS ITS WATER FROM A 19:38.077 --> 19:42.647 >> ARIZONA GETS ITS WATER FROM A FEW DIFFERENT SOURCES. 19:42.649 --> 19:44.282 FEW DIFFERENT SOURCES. GROUNDWATER IS A VERY IMPORTANT 19:44.284 --> 19:45.750 GROUNDWATER IS A VERY IMPORTANT SOURCE TO ARIZONA. 19:45.752 --> 19:49.854 SOURCE TO ARIZONA. THE COLORADO RIVER WATER FLOWS 19:49.856 --> 19:50.555 THE COLORADO RIVER WATER FLOWS ALONG THE WESTERN BOUNDARY OF 19:50.557 --> 19:53.491 ALONG THE WESTERN BOUNDARY OF THE STATE AND THROUGH THE 19:53.493 --> 19:55.159 THE STATE AND THROUGH THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE AND 19:55.161 --> 19:55.793 CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE AND THEN ALSO THROUGH REUSE. 19:55.795 --> 19:59.630 THEN ALSO THROUGH REUSE. >> THERE ARE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT 19:59.632 --> 20:02.533 >> THERE ARE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE LACK OF RAIN IN ARIZONA. 20:02.535 --> 20:07.138 THE LACK OF RAIN IN ARIZONA. CAN YOU DESCRIBE HOW CLIMATE 20:07.140 --> 20:07.872 CAN YOU DESCRIBE HOW CLIMATE ACTUALLY PLAYS A FACTOR WHEN IT 20:07.874 --> 20:09.540 ACTUALLY PLAYS A FACTOR WHEN IT COMES TO THE WATER IN ARIZONA? 20:09.542 --> 20:10.708 COMES TO THE WATER IN ARIZONA? >> WHEN WE THINK ABOUT CLIMATE 20:10.710 --> 20:13.311 >> WHEN WE THINK ABOUT CLIMATE AND WATER IN ARIZONA, WE HAVE TO 20:13.313 --> 20:14.879 AND WATER IN ARIZONA, WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IT, LIKE ANYTHING 20:14.881 --> 20:17.281 THINK ABOUT IT, LIKE ANYTHING WATER RELATED ON MULTIPLE 20:17.283 --> 20:17.682 WATER RELATED ON MULTIPLE DIMENSIONS. 20:17.684 --> 20:21.118 DIMENSIONS. ABOUT 40% OF THE WATER USE IN 20:21.120 --> 20:21.852 ABOUT 40% OF THE WATER USE IN ARIZONA NOW IS COMING FROM THE 20:21.854 --> 20:22.320 ARIZONA NOW IS COMING FROM THE COLORADO RIVER. 20:22.322 --> 20:22.987 COLORADO RIVER. AND THAT WATER FLOW REALLY 20:22.989 --> 20:26.457 AND THAT WATER FLOW REALLY DEPENDS UPON THE SNOW PACK AND 20:26.459 --> 20:27.191 DEPENDS UPON THE SNOW PACK AND THE MELT UP IN NORTHERN PART OF 20:27.193 --> 20:30.595 THE MELT UP IN NORTHERN PART OF THE COLORADO RIVER BASIN. 20:30.597 --> 20:31.262 THE COLORADO RIVER BASIN. SO THAT WATER AVAILABILITY 20:31.264 --> 20:31.996 SO THAT WATER AVAILABILITY DEPENDS UPON WEATHER CONDITIONS 20:31.998 --> 20:34.999 DEPENDS UPON WEATHER CONDITIONS ELSEWHERE. 20:35.001 --> 20:36.400 ELSEWHERE. THEN WE HAVE OUR MORE LOCAL 20:36.402 --> 20:37.535 THEN WE HAVE OUR MORE LOCAL CONDITIONS WHERE WE MAY RELY ON 20:37.537 --> 20:41.772 CONDITIONS WHERE WE MAY RELY ON OUR OWN RAINFALL, THE RAINFALL 20:41.774 --> 20:44.942 OUR OWN RAINFALL, THE RAINFALL RECHARGES AQUIFERS. 20:44.944 --> 20:45.776 RECHARGES AQUIFERS. THAT IS VERY LOCAL. 20:45.778 --> 20:47.311 THAT IS VERY LOCAL. SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE WEATHER 20:47.313 --> 20:48.746 SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE WEATHER CHANGES AND THE CHANGES IN THE 20:48.748 --> 20:50.281 CHANGES AND THE CHANGES IN THE CLIMATE AND THIS LONG TERM 20:50.283 --> 20:51.816 CLIMATE AND THIS LONG TERM DROUGHT, WE HAVE TO REMEMBER NOT 20:51.818 --> 20:59.824 DROUGHT, WE HAVE TO REMEMBER NOT TO LOOK ONLY AT TUCSON. 20:59.826 --> 21:00.558 TO LOOK ONLY AT TUCSON. BUT LOOK AT THE BROADER REGION, 21:00.560 --> 21:01.292 BUT LOOK AT THE BROADER REGION, BECAUSE WE ARE DEPENDENT ON THE 21:01.294 --> 21:01.993 BECAUSE WE ARE DEPENDENT ON THE SNOW THAT FALLS IN COLORADO. 21:01.995 --> 21:02.727 SNOW THAT FALLS IN COLORADO. >> YOU SAY ARIZONA IS NOT IN THE 21:02.729 --> 21:03.361 >> YOU SAY ARIZONA IS NOT IN THE WATER CRISIS, BUT AS THE 21:03.363 --> 21:06.497 WATER CRISIS, BUT AS THE POPULATION CONTINUES TO 21:06.499 --> 21:07.131 POPULATION CONTINUES TO INCREASE, CITIES GROW AND 21:07.133 --> 21:09.867 INCREASE, CITIES GROW AND EXPAND, WE MAY GET TO THAT POINT 21:09.869 --> 21:10.601 EXPAND, WE MAY GET TO THAT POINT WHERE WE NEED TO BE MORE AWARE 21:10.603 --> 21:11.469 WHERE WE NEED TO BE MORE AWARE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING. 21:11.471 --> 21:12.403 OF WHAT'S HAPPENING. WHAT ARE SOME WAYS THAT THE 21:12.405 --> 21:13.671 WHAT ARE SOME WAYS THAT THE AVERAGE PERSON CAN DO THAT? 21:13.673 --> 21:17.475 AVERAGE PERSON CAN DO THAT? YOU MENTIONED WATCHING YOUR 21:17.477 --> 21:18.175 YOU MENTIONED WATCHING YOUR WATER USE, BUT WHAT DO PEOPLE 21:18.177 --> 21:19.076 WATER USE, BUT WHAT DO PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW MOVING FORWARD? 21:19.078 --> 21:19.710 NEED TO KNOW MOVING FORWARD? >> I THINK MAYBE THE MOST 21:19.712 --> 21:20.444 >> I THINK MAYBE THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR THE PUBLIC 21:20.446 --> 21:24.548 IMPORTANT THING FOR THE PUBLIC WOULD BE TO NOT TAKE WATER FOR 21:24.550 --> 21:25.483 WOULD BE TO NOT TAKE WATER FOR GRANTED. 21:25.485 --> 21:26.751 GRANTED. YES, IT'S EXPECTED, IT'S 21:26.753 --> 21:27.485 YES, IT'S EXPECTED, IT'S EXPECTED TO BE CLEAN, RELIABLE 21:27.487 --> 21:28.085 EXPECTED TO BE CLEAN, RELIABLE AND COME OUT OF THE TAP. 21:28.087 --> 21:31.555 AND COME OUT OF THE TAP. BUT START THINKING ABOUT WHERE 21:31.557 --> 21:32.290 BUT START THINKING ABOUT WHERE DOES MY WATER COME FROM AND ALL 21:32.292 --> 21:37.461 DOES MY WATER COME FROM AND ALL THAT GOES INTO IT. 21:37.463 --> 21:38.863 THAT GOES INTO IT. SO THAT WE -- WE DON'T GET INTO 21:38.865 --> 21:41.666 SO THAT WE -- WE DON'T GET INTO THE CRISIS AND THEN WE ALSO 21:41.668 --> 21:43.000 THE CRISIS AND THEN WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT IN CERTAIN CASES 21:43.002 --> 21:46.170 UNDERSTAND THAT IN CERTAIN CASES WE ARE DEPLETING AQUIFERS. 21:46.172 --> 21:47.438 WE ARE DEPLETING AQUIFERS. WE HAVE WATER UNDERGROUND. 21:47.440 --> 21:48.172 WE HAVE WATER UNDERGROUND. IT'S BEEN PUT THERE BY SYSTEMS 21:48.174 --> 21:48.739 IT'S BEEN PUT THERE BY SYSTEMS OVER MANY, MANY YEARS. 21:48.741 --> 21:52.209 OVER MANY, MANY YEARS. AND WE'RE USING IT AND NATURE IS 21:52.211 --> 21:52.877 AND WE'RE USING IT AND NATURE IS NOT GOING TO REPLACE IT SO 21:52.879 --> 21:53.210 NOT GOING TO REPLACE IT SO QUICKLY. 21:53.212 --> 21:56.147 QUICKLY. SO I THINK PEOPLE SHOULD THINK 21:56.149 --> 21:57.448 SO I THINK PEOPLE SHOULD THINK MAYBE WHERE'S MY WATER COMING 21:57.450 --> 21:58.816 MAYBE WHERE'S MY WATER COMING FROM AND IF THEY THINK ABOUT 21:58.818 --> 21:59.550 FROM AND IF THEY THINK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT, MAYBE THEY'LL 21:59.552 --> 22:04.722 THAT A LITTLE BIT, MAYBE THEY'LL STOP AND THINK THAT I CAN USE A 22:04.724 --> 22:07.291 STOP AND THINK THAT I CAN USE A LITTLE LESS, I NEED TO BE MORE 22:07.293 --> 22:07.658 LITTLE LESS, I NEED TO BE MORE CAREFUL. 22:07.660 --> 22:09.193 CAREFUL. >> IS THERE A TIME LINE OF WHEN 22:09.195 --> 22:10.528 >> IS THERE A TIME LINE OF WHEN WE THINK WE'LL GET TO THAT POINT 22:10.530 --> 22:14.065 WE THINK WE'LL GET TO THAT POINT WHERE IT'S ALMOST CRISIS MODE OR 22:14.067 --> 22:14.799 WHERE IT'S ALMOST CRISIS MODE OR OH, WE REALLY DO NEED TO WATCH 22:14.801 --> 22:15.533 OH, WE REALLY DO NEED TO WATCH BECAUSE OUR SUSTAINABILITY IS A 22:15.535 --> 22:15.866 BECAUSE OUR SUSTAINABILITY IS A PROBLEM? 22:15.868 --> 22:22.373 PROBLEM? >> I SEE IT -- I THINK MANY SEE 22:22.375 --> 22:23.474 >> I SEE IT -- I THINK MANY SEE IT AS THE JOB OF THE WATER 22:23.476 --> 22:24.075 IT AS THE JOB OF THE WATER MANAGERS AND THE OTHER 22:24.077 --> 22:24.742 MANAGERS AND THE OTHER DECISIONMAKERS IN OUR STATE. 22:24.744 --> 22:28.379 DECISIONMAKERS IN OUR STATE. TO AVOID OUR GETTING TO A CRISIS 22:28.381 --> 22:35.386 TO AVOID OUR GETTING TO A CRISIS SITUATION. 22:35.388 --> 22:37.421 SITUATION. AND SO THAT'S WHY I THINK THE 22:37.423 --> 22:38.155 AND SO THAT'S WHY I THINK THE WATER MANAGERS AND PEOPLE LIKE 22:38.157 --> 22:38.889 WATER MANAGERS AND PEOPLE LIKE ME AND OTHERS THAT ARE WORKING 22:38.891 --> 22:41.625 ME AND OTHERS THAT ARE WORKING ON THESE ISSUES, WE WANT TO GET 22:41.627 --> 22:46.230 ON THESE ISSUES, WE WANT TO GET THE PUBLIC EXCITED ABOUT IT NOW 22:46.232 --> 22:46.964 THE PUBLIC EXCITED ABOUT IT NOW SO THAT WE'RE NOT IN THAT CRISIS 22:46.966 --> 22:47.264 SO THAT WE'RE NOT IN THAT CRISIS STAGE. 22:47.266 --> 22:49.700 STAGE. BUT PEOPLE READ THE PAPER. 22:49.702 --> 22:55.840 BUT PEOPLE READ THE PAPER. THEY KNOW THAT A SHORTAGE COULD 22:55.842 --> 22:57.975 THEY KNOW THAT A SHORTAGE COULD BE DECLARED ON THE COLORADO 22:57.977 --> 22:59.243 BE DECLARED ON THE COLORADO RIVER AS SOON AS TWO OR THREE 22:59.245 --> 23:00.711 RIVER AS SOON AS TWO OR THREE YEARS FROM NOW. 23:00.713 --> 23:04.215 YEARS FROM NOW. THAT SHORTAGE DECLARATION IS 23:04.217 --> 23:05.082 THAT SHORTAGE DECLARATION IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT CITIES. 23:05.084 --> 23:06.450 EXPECTED TO AFFECT CITIES. IT WILL AFFECT FARMERS AND SOME 23:06.452 --> 23:09.820 IT WILL AFFECT FARMERS AND SOME OTHER USERS BUT IT WON'T AFFECT 23:09.822 --> 23:10.154 OTHER USERS BUT IT WON'T AFFECT CITIES. 23:10.156 --> 23:11.589 CITIES. BUT IF THINGS STAY THE WAY THEY 23:11.591 --> 23:13.824 BUT IF THINGS STAY THE WAY THEY ARE IN THE COLORADO RIVER FOR 23:13.826 --> 23:14.592 ARE IN THE COLORADO RIVER FOR YEARS AND YEARS, WE'RE IN A 23:14.594 --> 23:15.326 YEARS AND YEARS, WE'RE IN A DROUGHT THAT'S 14 YEARS OLD NOW, 23:15.328 --> 23:19.330 DROUGHT THAT'S 14 YEARS OLD NOW, WE DON'T KNOW WHEN WE WILL COME 23:19.332 --> 23:20.297 WE DON'T KNOW WHEN WE WILL COME OUT OF IT. 23:20.299 --> 23:24.301 OUT OF IT. WE KNOW HOW LITTLE PRECIPITATION 23:24.303 --> 23:25.536 WE KNOW HOW LITTLE PRECIPITATION WE'VE GOTTEN THIS YEAR HERE 23:25.538 --> 23:26.170 WE'VE GOTTEN THIS YEAR HERE ALTHOUGH THE MOUNTAINS IN 23:26.172 --> 23:26.904 ALTHOUGH THE MOUNTAINS IN COLORADO ARE DOING PRETTY WELL. 23:26.906 --> 23:30.808 COLORADO ARE DOING PRETTY WELL. SO WE DON'T KNOW IF THE COLORADO 23:30.810 --> 23:31.542 SO WE DON'T KNOW IF THE COLORADO RIVER COULD GET EVEN IN A WORSE 23:31.544 --> 23:32.276 RIVER COULD GET EVEN IN A WORSE SITUATION. 23:32.278 --> 23:34.779 SITUATION. SO I THINK THAT WE ALL HAVE TO 23:34.781 --> 23:39.683 SO I THINK THAT WE ALL HAVE TO BE EDUCATED ABOUT IT. 23:39.685 --> 23:40.418 BE EDUCATED ABOUT IT. I THINK OUR WATER MANAGERS HAVE 23:40.420 --> 23:46.223 I THINK OUR WATER MANAGERS HAVE TO BE LET'S SAY -- THEY'RE 23:46.225 --> 23:47.625 TO BE LET'S SAY -- THEY'RE ALWAYS -- I THINK OUR WATER 23:47.627 --> 23:48.426 ALWAYS -- I THINK OUR WATER MANAGERS HAVE TO BE UP FRONT 23:48.428 --> 23:51.529 MANAGERS HAVE TO BE UP FRONT WITH IF PUBLIC AND THERE'S JUST 23:51.531 --> 23:52.396 WITH IF PUBLIC AND THERE'S JUST A BALANCING ACT. 23:52.398 --> 23:53.397 A BALANCING ACT. WE DON'T HAVE A CRISIS. 23:53.399 --> 23:55.132 WE DON'T HAVE A CRISIS. WE DON'T WANT TO GET YOU SCARED. 23:55.134 --> 23:56.300 WE DON'T WANT TO GET YOU SCARED. WE DON'T WANT TO SCARE OFF 23:56.302 --> 23:57.034 WE DON'T WANT TO SCARE OFF DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE WE DO GREAT 23:57.036 --> 23:57.668 DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE WE DO GREAT PLANNING FOR OUR ECONOMIC 23:57.670 --> 23:59.904 PLANNING FOR OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 23:59.906 --> 24:01.105 DEVELOPMENT. BUT WE DO HAVE TO PLAN FOR THE 24:01.107 --> 24:01.439 BUT WE DO HAVE TO PLAN FOR THE FUTURE. 24:01.441 --> 24:05.943 FUTURE. SO IT'S THIS BALANCING ACT OF 24:05.945 --> 24:07.378 SO IT'S THIS BALANCING ACT OF GETTING PEOPLE EXCITED INTO 24:07.380 --> 24:08.879 GETTING PEOPLE EXCITED INTO ACTION FOR FUTURE WITHOUT 24:08.881 --> 24:09.747 ACTION FOR FUTURE WITHOUT GETTING THEM ALARMED. 24:09.749 --> 24:10.448 GETTING THEM ALARMED. >> OKAY. 24:10.450 --> 24:11.782 >> OKAY. WE LIVE IN THE DESERT. 24:11.784 --> 24:13.617 WE LIVE IN THE DESERT. WE HAVE A HEALTHY WATER 24:13.619 --> 24:14.084 WE HAVE A HEALTHY WATER SITUATION THEN? 24:14.086 --> 24:15.853 SITUATION THEN? >> RIGHT NOW, WE DO HAVE A 24:15.855 --> 24:16.454 >> RIGHT NOW, WE DO HAVE A HEALTHY WATER SITUATION. 24:16.456 --> 24:17.188 HEALTHY WATER SITUATION. WE HAVE DONE GOOD PLANNING HERE. 24:17.190 --> 24:19.757 WE HAVE DONE GOOD PLANNING HERE. BUT WE CAN'T REST ON OUR 24:19.759 --> 24:22.893 BUT WE CAN'T REST ON OUR LAURELS. 24:22.895 --> 24:25.463 LAURELS. >> JOINING US TO TALK ABOUT THE 24:25.465 --> 24:27.965 >> JOINING US TO TALK ABOUT THE STATE LEGISLATURE THIS WEEK IS 24:27.967 --> 24:28.499 STATE LEGISLATURE THIS WEEK IS CHRISTOPHER CONOVER. 24:28.501 --> 24:30.267 CHRISTOPHER CONOVER. SOME FIREWORKS, NOT LIKE WHAT WE 24:30.269 --> 24:32.470 SOME FIREWORKS, NOT LIKE WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IN PREVIOUS WEEKS, BUT 24:32.472 --> 24:33.604 HAVE SEEN IN PREVIOUS WEEKS, BUT SOMETHING PRETTY INTERESTING. 24:33.606 --> 24:34.772 SOMETHING PRETTY INTERESTING. >> THERE WERE SOME FIREWORKS AND 24:34.774 --> 24:35.606 >> THERE WERE SOME FIREWORKS AND THEY WERE ON THE FLOOR. 24:35.608 --> 24:40.077 THEY WERE ON THE FLOOR. WE'RE USED TO REPUBLICANS AND 24:40.079 --> 24:40.811 WE'RE USED TO REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS ARGUING ON THE FLOOR. 24:40.813 --> 24:41.345 DEMOCRATS ARGUING ON THE FLOOR. THAT'S WHAT THEY DO. 24:41.347 --> 24:42.746 THAT'S WHAT THEY DO. THAT'S WHAT THEY GO UP TO DO. 24:42.748 --> 24:43.747 THAT'S WHAT THEY GO UP TO DO. INTERESTING THIS WEEK, STATE 24:43.749 --> 24:44.482 INTERESTING THIS WEEK, STATE SENATOR MELVIN WHO IS RUNNING 24:44.484 --> 24:45.149 SENATOR MELVIN WHO IS RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR FROM SOUTHERN 24:45.151 --> 24:50.054 FOR GOVERNOR FROM SOUTHERN ARIZONA SPONSORED A BILL, GOT IT 24:50.056 --> 24:52.957 ARIZONA SPONSORED A BILL, GOT IT THROUGH PRELIMINARY APPROVAL ON 24:52.959 --> 24:54.792 THROUGH PRELIMINARY APPROVAL ON THE SENATE FLOOR THAT WOULD HAVE 24:54.794 --> 24:57.061 THE SENATE FLOOR THAT WOULD HAVE PROHIBITED THE STATE FROM USING 24:57.063 --> 24:58.863 PROHIBITED THE STATE FROM USING THE NEW COMMON CORE EDUCATION 24:58.865 --> 25:06.370 THE NEW COMMON CORE EDUCATION STANDARDS WHICH FOUR YEARS AGO 25:06.372 --> 25:07.104 STANDARDS WHICH FOUR YEARS AGO THE STATE ADOPTED AND HAS BEGUN 25:07.106 --> 25:07.805 THE STATE ADOPTED AND HAS BEGUN IMPLEMENTING THIS SCHOOL YEAR. 25:07.807 --> 25:09.340 IMPLEMENTING THIS SCHOOL YEAR. HIS ARGUMENT AT THE TIME THIS IS 25:09.342 --> 25:12.610 HIS ARGUMENT AT THE TIME THIS IS FEDERAL OVERREACH. 25:12.612 --> 25:14.245 FEDERAL OVERREACH. WE CAN WRITE STANDARDS BETTER 25:14.247 --> 25:15.913 WE CAN WRITE STANDARDS BETTER AND THE SENATE VOTED TO ADVANCE 25:15.915 --> 25:17.281 AND THE SENATE VOTED TO ADVANCE THAT BILL. 25:17.283 --> 25:18.849 THAT BILL. THE NEXT DAY THAT BILL CAME BACK 25:18.851 --> 25:20.518 THE NEXT DAY THAT BILL CAME BACK AND WHEN IT WENT UP ON THE FLOOR 25:20.520 --> 25:22.920 AND WHEN IT WENT UP ON THE FLOOR FOR A FINAL VOTE, IT WAS VOTED 25:22.922 --> 25:23.487 FOR A FINAL VOTE, IT WAS VOTED DOWN. 25:23.489 --> 25:24.655 DOWN. REPUBLICANS JOINED WITH 25:24.657 --> 25:25.923 REPUBLICANS JOINED WITH DEMOCRATS AND VOTED THAT BILL 25:25.925 --> 25:26.891 DEMOCRATS AND VOTED THAT BILL DOWN. 25:26.893 --> 25:28.425 DOWN. IT'S VERY RARE TO SEE SOMETHING 25:28.427 --> 25:30.261 IT'S VERY RARE TO SEE SOMETHING VOTED DOWN ON THE FLOOR AGAINST 25:30.263 --> 25:31.228 VOTED DOWN ON THE FLOOR AGAINST THE SENATE PRESIDENT WHO SPOKE 25:31.230 --> 25:32.730 THE SENATE PRESIDENT WHO SPOKE IN FAVOR OF IT TWICE. 25:32.732 --> 25:34.098 IN FAVOR OF IT TWICE. >> AND WE SHOULD BE CLEAR. 25:34.100 --> 25:35.399 >> AND WE SHOULD BE CLEAR. THIS IS THE ARIZONA COLORADO AND 25:35.401 --> 25:37.201 THIS IS THE ARIZONA COLORADO AND CAREER READY STANDARDS WHICH WAS 25:37.203 --> 25:37.868 CAREER READY STANDARDS WHICH WAS KNOWN AS COMMON CORE. 25:37.870 --> 25:39.904 KNOWN AS COMMON CORE. BUT THAT'S REALLY WHERE THE 25:39.906 --> 25:41.338 BUT THAT'S REALLY WHERE THE CONTROVERSY SORT OF STARTED, IS 25:41.340 --> 25:45.876 CONTROVERSY SORT OF STARTED, IS THE COMMON CORE WAS A FEDERAL 25:45.878 --> 25:46.577 THE COMMON CORE WAS A FEDERAL TERM AND MAYBE SENATOR MELVIN 25:46.579 --> 25:47.244 TERM AND MAYBE SENATOR MELVIN DIDN'T WANT THAT REFERENCE 25:47.246 --> 25:47.945 DIDN'T WANT THAT REFERENCE ATTACHED TO THE FEDERAL GUIDE 25:47.947 --> 25:48.279 ATTACHED TO THE FEDERAL GUIDE LINES. 25:48.281 --> 25:51.382 LINES. >> VERY OFTEN WE HEAR OUT OF THE 25:51.384 --> 25:52.316 >> VERY OFTEN WE HEAR OUT OF THE REPUBLICANS IN THE LEGISLATURE 25:52.318 --> 25:54.485 REPUBLICANS IN THE LEGISLATURE THEY DON'T WANT LIKE THE FEDERAL 25:54.487 --> 25:55.219 THEY DON'T WANT LIKE THE FEDERAL CREEP INTO THINGS AND THIS WAS 25:55.221 --> 25:57.788 CREEP INTO THINGS AND THIS WAS AN EXAMPLE OF THAT. 25:57.790 --> 25:58.522 AN EXAMPLE OF THAT. DURING THE INITIAL DEBATE ON THE 25:58.524 --> 26:03.260 DURING THE INITIAL DEBATE ON THE FLOOR, SENATOR MELVIN WAS 26:03.262 --> 26:07.398 FLOOR, SENATOR MELVIN WAS QUESTIONED BY SENATOR BRADLEY 26:07.400 --> 26:08.032 QUESTIONED BY SENATOR BRADLEY WHO IS ALSO FROM SOUTHERN 26:08.034 --> 26:09.366 WHO IS ALSO FROM SOUTHERN ARIZONA, A DEMOCRAT, ABOUT WHAT 26:09.368 --> 26:12.069 ARIZONA, A DEMOCRAT, ABOUT WHAT HE DIDN'T LIKE. 26:12.071 --> 26:12.803 HE DIDN'T LIKE. TELL US WHAT YOU DON'T LIKE IN 26:12.805 --> 26:14.538 TELL US WHAT YOU DON'T LIKE IN THE COMMON CORE STANDARD. 26:14.540 --> 26:16.407 THE COMMON CORE STANDARD. AND SENATOR MELVIN DIDN'T ANSWER 26:16.409 --> 26:17.174 AND SENATOR MELVIN DIDN'T ANSWER THE QUESTION. 26:17.176 --> 26:20.144 THE QUESTION. WHEN THEY ASKED FOR SPECIFICS, 26:20.146 --> 26:22.046 WHEN THEY ASKED FOR SPECIFICS, SENATOR MELVIN SAID SENATOR 26:22.048 --> 26:23.948 SENATOR MELVIN SAID SENATOR BRADLEY TO GO FIND THE PROBLEMS 26:23.950 --> 26:25.316 BRADLEY TO GO FIND THE PROBLEMS HIMSELF AND KEPT COMING BACK 26:25.318 --> 26:26.717 HIMSELF AND KEPT COMING BACK THIS IS A FEDERAL OVERREACH, THE 26:26.719 --> 26:30.554 THIS IS A FEDERAL OVERREACH, THE STATE OF ARIZONA CAN DO IT 26:30.556 --> 26:31.188 STATE OF ARIZONA CAN DO IT BETTER THAT'S WHAT SENATE 26:31.190 --> 26:32.456 BETTER THAT'S WHAT SENATE PRESIDENT BIGGS ALSO ARGUED. 26:32.458 --> 26:36.193 PRESIDENT BIGGS ALSO ARGUED. DESPITE THAT, IT WENT DOWN. 26:36.195 --> 26:36.527 DESPITE THAT, IT WENT DOWN. >> OKAY. 26:36.529 --> 26:37.194 >> OKAY. WE COULD HEAR MORE ABOUT IT 26:37.196 --> 26:37.761 WE COULD HEAR MORE ABOUT IT LATER IN THE SESSION. 26:37.763 --> 26:38.495 LATER IN THE SESSION. BUT I WANT TO GET TO THE 26:38.497 --> 26:39.229 BUT I WANT TO GET TO THE ABORTION CLINICS. 26:39.231 --> 26:39.730 ABORTION CLINICS. TALK ABOUT THAT. 26:39.732 --> 26:40.464 TALK ABOUT THAT. >> THERE'S A BILL THAT'S WORKING 26:40.466 --> 26:43.567 >> THERE'S A BILL THAT'S WORKING THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE, THE 26:43.569 --> 26:47.004 THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE, THE HOUSE HAS PASSED IT, THAT ALLOWS 26:47.006 --> 26:49.039 HOUSE HAS PASSED IT, THAT ALLOWS SNAP OR SURPRISE INSPECTIONS OF 26:49.041 --> 26:50.474 SNAP OR SURPRISE INSPECTIONS OF ABORTION CLINICS IN ARIZONA. 26:50.476 --> 26:51.642 ABORTION CLINICS IN ARIZONA. ACCORDING TO THE SPONSORS, THOSE 26:51.644 --> 26:53.611 ACCORDING TO THE SPONSORS, THOSE ARE THE ONLY MEDICAL FACILITIES 26:53.613 --> 26:55.279 ARE THE ONLY MEDICAL FACILITIES IN STATE THAT INSPECTORS CANNOT 26:55.281 --> 26:57.681 IN STATE THAT INSPECTORS CANNOT JUST SHOW UP TO AT ANY TIME. 26:57.683 --> 27:00.284 JUST SHOW UP TO AT ANY TIME. THE ARGUMENT AGAINST IT IS THAT 27:00.286 --> 27:02.319 THE ARGUMENT AGAINST IT IS THAT THAT IS -- COULD BE AN INVASION 27:02.321 --> 27:04.421 THAT IS -- COULD BE AN INVASION OF A WOMAN'S PRIVACY. 27:04.423 --> 27:05.422 OF A WOMAN'S PRIVACY. IT'S PASSED THE HOUSE. 27:05.424 --> 27:07.291 IT'S PASSED THE HOUSE. IT MOST CERTAINLY WILL END UP IN 27:07.293 --> 27:08.726 IT MOST CERTAINLY WILL END UP IN COURT ASSUMING IT BECOMES LAW 27:08.728 --> 27:09.460 COURT ASSUMING IT BECOMES LAW WHICH WOULD TAKE THE GOVERNOR'S 27:09.462 --> 27:12.363 WHICH WOULD TAKE THE GOVERNOR'S SIGNATURE, BUT THIS ONE WILL NOT 27:12.365 --> 27:13.998 SIGNATURE, BUT THIS ONE WILL NOT GO AWAY IF IT GETS TO THE 27:14.000 --> 27:14.565 GO AWAY IF IT GETS TO THE GOVERNOR'S DESK. 27:14.567 --> 27:17.167 GOVERNOR'S DESK. >> AS YOU MENTIONED THERE'S 27:17.169 --> 27:18.469 >> AS YOU MENTIONED THERE'S STILL OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THESE 27:18.471 --> 27:21.138 STILL OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THESE ISSUES RIGHT BACK UP BEFORE THE 27:21.140 --> 27:21.905 ISSUES RIGHT BACK UP BEFORE THE FINAL GAVEL. 27:21.907 --> 27:22.406 FINAL GAVEL. >> ABSOLUTELY. 27:22.408 --> 27:23.407 >> ABSOLUTELY. THE COMMON CORE COULD COME BACK 27:23.409 --> 27:24.742 THE COMMON CORE COULD COME BACK IN THE FORM OF AN AMENDMENT. 27:24.744 --> 27:25.476 IN THE FORM OF AN AMENDMENT. SENATOR MELVIN OR SOMEBODY ELSE 27:25.478 --> 27:26.143 SENATOR MELVIN OR SOMEBODY ELSE COULD TRY AND TACK IT ON TO 27:26.145 --> 27:29.279 COULD TRY AND TACK IT ON TO ANOTHER BILL. 27:29.281 --> 27:31.081 ANOTHER BILL. NOTHING IS TRULY DEAD UNTIL THE 27:31.083 --> 27:32.583 NOTHING IS TRULY DEAD UNTIL THE LAST MOMENT OF THE SESSION. 27:32.585 --> 27:33.651 LAST MOMENT OF THE SESSION. >> OKAY. 27:33.653 --> 27:35.586 >> OKAY. CHRISTOPHER CONOVER, THANK YOU 27:35.588 --> 27:36.387 CHRISTOPHER CONOVER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR ANALYSIS. 27:36.389 --> 27:38.756 FOR YOUR ANALYSIS. THAT DOES IT FOR THIS EDITION OF 27:38.758 --> 27:39.223 THAT DOES IT FOR THIS EDITION OF "ARIZONA WEEK." 27:39.225 --> 27:39.923 "ARIZONA WEEK." THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING 27:39.925 --> 27:40.290 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. 27:40.292 --> 27:41.891 US. BE SURE TO JOIN US NEXT