Water was top of mind for many Arizonans in 2023, between talks over Colorado River water usage, trying to get the taps back on in Rio Verde Foothills and all of the precipitation we got over the winter. And the issue of water will continue to loom large.
As states work to craft policy to use less water from the Colorado River, Arizona continues to look into supplementing its water supplies, be it from desalination or recycled wastewater.
The Show spoke with John Fleck about the biggest water stories in 2023, and what he thinks the new year will hold. He’s a water policy researcher at the University of New Mexico, based at the Utton Center at the University of New Mexico School of Law. The conversation started with this year in water and some of the top things that come to mind for him.
