Thread by @ElementalCollab

Ready for a great discussion: "Beyond #DCP: Long Term #Water #Sustainability for the #ColoradoRiver Basin" thanks to @DCDC_ASU

.@PHXWaterAdvisor says #DCP did nothing to address the structural deficit built into the #ColoradoRiver compact. That needs to be key to next round of negotiations starting next year.

Solutions focusing only on the biggest water consumer in #Arizona - agriculture - are not adequate to solve the bigger issue, according to Chelsea McGuire with the @azfb

Kevin Moran with the @EnvDefenseFund says there's no solving the water issue without first addressing and finding solutions to #ClimateChange

"The things we hear from our constituents... 'Why are we giving our water away?'" @GRIC_Official representative reasserts that's why #tribal inclusivity in negotiating is key. #water #DCP #sustainability

Panel moderator Dave White of @DCDC_ASU is focusing much of the water discussion on voices from the community -- farmers, private well-users, tribes -- instead of top-down policy. #arizona #water #sustainability

"We have decoupled growth from water demand." @PHXWaterAdvisor says that in the past 20 years, #Phoenix population is up 400,000 & water demand is down 30%. She says urban water usage has a perception problem.

Lots of discussion from the panel about the #innovation that needs to come to rescue in #water augmentation strategies. Desalination is not off the table, but not a likely solution, per Kevin Moran with #ColoradoRiver program of @EnvDefenseFund

Water conservation discussion on @GRIC_Official community brings to mind this @ElementalCollab piece on tribal aspects of the #DCP elementalreports.com/water/2019/04/…