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17th Annual Statewide Meeting 2011 - Economic Stress: Growth, Water, Land Use, Transportation, Energy

Water Supply Vulnerabilities in New Mexico Presented by NM Universities Working Group on Drought. For audio of the three presentations and the following "Q&A" click on "related items" below.

.WMA file of presentation and discussion.

The Colorado River powers cities across Arizona. But with temperatures rising, how long will the water hold out? ----- By William deBuys -- Salon, July 30, 2013 -- [This piece originally appeared on TomDispatch.]

.WMA file of her presentation.

Conventional wisdom asserts that what is needed to ensure that water is allocated to its highest and best uses is for governments to “get out of the way” and allow markets to function efficiently. That approach doesn’t seem to be working well for New Mexico’s future, for reasons discussed below. How we govern our water becomes particularly critical in the context of looming disruptive impacts of climate change on our sources of supply. This essay proposes an alternative: to think of our water resource as a commons, and govern it accordingly.

Economic Stress: Hard Times for Water Planning and Management

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17th Annual Statewide Meeting 2011

17th Annual Statewide Meeting 2011