Today, 25 August, the Arizona Republic printed an brief op-ed piece of potential interest to AHIS readers and users:

Concise vision needed for water by Sharon Megdal, Director of the Arizona Water Resources Research Center (WRRC)

Of her most salient points:

"I am concerned...about our lack of a comprehensive vision, a deficiency that reflects both lack of a mandate for a statewide water plan and the limited resources to support coordinated water-planning efforts."

and

"With growth temporarily slowed, now is the ideal time to assess where we are and what we need to be doing to prepare for the future, even in the face of many uncertainties and challenges. It is high time we assemble the resources and work together on a statewide water plan."